CCD

CCD may refer to:

Science and technology

Electronics and computing

• Charge-coupled device, an electronic light sensor used in various devices including digital cameras
• .ccd, the filename extension for CloneCD's CD image file
• Closed captioning display, a technology for displaying text information embedded in video signals

Medicine

• Canine compulsive disorder, a behavioral condition in dogs, similar to OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) in humans. It is a known health risk for Dobermans.
• Caput-collum-diaphyseal angle, the angle between the neck and the shaft of the femur in the hip
• Cleidocranial dysostosis (also called cleidocranial dysplasia), a genetic abnormality in humans
• Central core disease, a rare neuromuscular disorder
• Certified Clinical Densitometrist, a professional certification in the field of bone densitometry from The International Society for Clinical Densitometry
• Congenital chloride diarrhea, a rare disorder in babies
• Continuity of Care Document, an XML-based markup standard for patient medical document exchange
• Cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants, protein-linked carbohydrate structures that have a role in the phenomenon of cross-reactivity in allergic patients.

Other uses in science and technology

• Carbonate compensation depth, a property of oceans
• Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon involving the abrupt disappearance of honey bees in a beehive or Western honey bee colony
• centicandela (ccd), an SI unit of luminous intensity denoting one hundredth of a candela
• Central composite design, an experimental design in response surface methodology for building a second order model for a response variable without a complete three-level factorial
• Air-independent propulsion a.k.a. closed-cycle diesel engines, propulsion used on diesel submarines
• Continuous collision detection, especially in rigid-body dynamics
• Counter Current Decantation, an industrial Countercurrent exchange process, often used for separating mixtures.
• Cryptocurrency Community Database , a storage method of any information relevant to the cryptocurrency world.

Politics and government

For organizations in politics and government, see § Political and government organizations.

• Census county division, a term used by the United States Census Bureau
• Center City District, an economic development agency for the Center City area of Philadelphia
• Consular Consolidated Database, a database used for visa processing by the Bureau of Consular Affairs under the United States Department of State

Organizations

Businesses

• Café Coffee Day, a chain of coffee shops in India
• Computacenter Distribution, the distribution arm of Computacenter PLC

Education

• Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, religious education programs of the Catholic Church normally designed for children, originated in Italy
• Community College of Denver, a community college with six campuses around Denver, US
• Cincinnati Country Day School, a non-parochial, private school in Indian Hill

Non-governmental organizations

• Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities, an NGO in Thailand
• Council for a Community of Democracies, an NGO in the USA
• Canadian Coalition for Democracies, a non-governmental advocacy organization in Canada

Political and government organizations

• Christian Democratic Centre, a defunct Italian political party, known as Centro Cristiano Democratico in Italian
• City and County of Denver, the consolidated city-county government in the capital of Colorado

Other organizations

• Country Club of Detroit
• CCD Tigers Cricket Club, a team in the Premier League of the Namibia Cricket Board

Other uses

• Centre Counter Defence, also known as the Scandinavian Defense, a chess opening
• Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
• Convention Centre Dublin, a convention centre on the Dublin Docklands
• Credit card debt