CDA

CDA or Cda may refer to:

Associations

• Club de Deportes Antofagasta, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta.
• Chinese Daoist Association

Industry organisations

• Canadian Dental Association, an association of dentists in Canada
• Canadian Dinghy Association
• College Democrats of America, the national organization that oversees the direction and day-to-day management of 1300 College Democrats chapters around the country

Political parties and lobbying groups

• Christian Democratic Alliance (South Africa), political party
• Christian Democratic Appeal, a political party of the Netherlands
• Conservative Democratic Alliance, a United Kingdom pressure group

Companies

• Caran d'Ache (company), a famous Swiss fine arts products company.

Computing

• ".cda", a filename extension for a Compact Disc Audio track
• Cellular Digital Accessory, a means to identify the software version of a mobile phone
• Clinical Document Architecture, an HL7 authored health care documentation standard
• Compress Da Audio, one of the earliest MP3 warez groups
• Red Book (audio CD standard), Compact Disc Audio, the standard format for a CD

Education

• Central Delta Academy, a private school in Mississippi
• Certified Dental Assistant, A dental assistant that is certified in the United States.
• Coram Deo Academy, a small private Christian school in Flower Mound, Texas

Government agencies

• Capital Development Authority, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Combined Development Agency, a uranium purchasing authority run by the US and UK government from 1948

In fiction

• Child Detection Agency, a fictional agency in the animated world of Pixar's Monsters, Inc.

Laws

• Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37)
• Communications Decency Act, a US law found partially unconstitutional
• Confidential disclosure agreement

• Criminal defense attorney
• Child Development Associate, the CDA Credential awarded to those in the Early Care & Education by The Council for Professional Recognition to work with Infants, Toddlers, or Preschoolers

Science

• Cda, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Cochlioda
• Clean Dry Air, air that has been filtered and dehumidified to remove particulates and moisture so that it can be safely used in pneumatic devices or systems
• Continuous Descent Approach is an aircraft approach method designed to reduce fuel burn and noise
• The Cosmic Dust Analyser in the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft

Chemistry

• Chiral derivitizing agent, a type of chemical designed to react with enantiomers to indicate the enantiopurity
• Completely denatured alcohol, the most heavily denatured alcohol
• Controlled Droplet Application: a concept in pesticide application

Medicine

• Chlorproguanil hydrochloride-dapsone-artesunate, an antimalarial drug that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006
• Congenital Developmental Abnormality/Abnormalities
• Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia, a rare hematologic blood condition
• Cytidine deaminase, an enzyme

Other

• Coeur d'Alene (disambiguation), multiple meanings
• Critical discourse analysis, a sociopolitically oriented approach within Discourse Analysis