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CDC may refer to:
Organizations
Government
* California Department of Corrections, the US state of Californias prison system
* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a United States government public health agency
* Citizens Development Corps, a US government-funded organization to promote democracy and market economies
* Community Development Council, Singapore government-led community programs
* Community of Democratic Choice, an intergovernmental organization in Eastern Europe to promote democracy and human rights
Politics
* Congress for Democratic Change, a Liberian political party
* Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya), a political party in Catalonia, Spain
Non-profit
* Community Development Corporation, any non-profit organization that promotes and supports a community
* Consumers for Dental Choice, a non-profit organization to promote mercury-free dentistry
* Certified Development Company
Business
* Cameroon Development Corporation, an agribusiness company located in Limbe, Cameroon
* CDC Software, a computer software company
* Control Data Corporation, a computer company
* Commonwealth Development Corporation (formerly the Colonial Development Corporation), a British development organisation
Other
* Cult of the Dead Cow, a computer hacker and DIY media organization
Places
* Center Day Camp, a summer day camp in North Windham, Maine
* Centre de documentation collégiale, specialized library in Quebec, Canada
* Communicable Disease Centre, a hospital at Moulmein Road in Novena, Singapore
Technology
* Change data capture, a methodology used in data warehousing and databases
* Change data capture, part of the IBM InfoSphere software product line
* Clock domain crossing, a signal that crosses between different clock domains of a system
* Connected Device Configuration, Java read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC
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