CFA

CFA may refer to:

• CFA franc, a currency used by fourteen African countries
• Chartered Financial Analyst, an international investment professional designation

Science and technology

• .cfa, the file extension for an Adobe Premiere Pro computer audio file
• Color filter array, a mosaic of tiny color filters placed over an image sensor to capture color information
• CompactFlash Association, a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices
• Complete Freund's Adjuvant, an immunopotentiator composed of inactivated and dried mycobacteria
• Component Failure Analysis, a method used to evaluate an electronic circuit's operation
• Confirmatory factor analysis, statistical method used to explain variability among observed random variables
• Continuous flight augering, a drilling method for concrete piings
• Continuous flow analysis, an automated analyzer using a special flow technique
• Control flow analysis, in computer science
• Crossed-field amplifier, a specialized vacuum tube used as a microwave amplifier
• Crossed field antenna, a type of antenna for long and mediumwave broadcasting
• Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, an archaic term for Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Current-feedback operational amplifier, a type of operational amplifier
• A Customer Facility Assignment, a document that allows different telecommunications carriers to interconnect
• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, an American astronomy research and education institution
• Cfa, one of two symbols for the Humid subtropical climate under the Köppen climate classification

Economics and business

• Chemins de fer Algériens, the former national railway of Algeria
• CFA Institute, formerly known as the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)
• Chick-fil-A, an American fast-food restaurant chain
• The ICAO airline code for China Flying Dragon Aviation
• Compagnie Française d'Aviation, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer
• Conditional fee agreement, a legal agreement also known as "no win no fee"
• Consumer Federation of America, an American organization researching into consumer interest
• Consumers' Federation of Australia, Australia's umbrella consumer advocacy group

Government and politics

• Cape Field Artillery, an artillery regiment of the South African Army
• Ceasefire agreement
• Civitates Foederatae Americae, Latin for United States of America
• Commission of Fine Arts, an advisory agency of the United States Government
• Compact of Free Association
• Country Fire Authority, an integrated career staff and volunteer fire service in Victoria, Australia
• Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, the highest court of Hong Kong
• Court of Final Appeal of Macao, English for Tribunal de Ultima Instancia de Macau, the highest court of Macao

Sport

• Championnat de France Amateur, a French football competition
• Chinese Football Association, the governing body of football in the People's Republic of China
• City Football Academy, the portion of Etihad Campus that is the training base for the Manchester City first team squad, all the reserve and academy team squads, and the women's team squad
• College Football Association, a defunct group through which colleges negotiated American football TV contracts with networks
• County Football Association, governing bodies for local football in England
• Cyprus Football Association, the governing body of football in Cyprus

Others

• California Faculty Association, the union representing faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches in the California State University system
• California Film Awards, an independent film awards ceremony
• Call for abstracts, a method used in academic contexts to encourage researchers to submit abstracts for conferences
• Call For Action, telephone help-lines of radio stations in the United States
• Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, a college of Carnegie Mellon University
• Cat Fanciers' Association, the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats
• Campus Freethought Alliance, former name for Center for Inquiry On Campus, part of a skeptics group
• Chemins de Fer Armoricains, a former railway in Brittany, France
• Comedy Film Awards, annual award ceremony honoring excellence in comedic film making