cp -abbr

  1. compare
  2. coupon

CP -abbr

  1. candlepower
  2. center of pressure
  3. cerebral palsy
  4. charter party
  5. chemically pure
  6. command post
  7. Communist party
  8. Congregation of the Passion
  9. custom of port

CPA -abbr

  1. certified public accountant

CPB -abbr

  1. Corporation for Public Broadcasting

CPCU -abbr

  1. chartered property casualty underwriter

cpd -abbr

  1. compound

CPFF -abbr

  1. cost plus fixed fee

cpi -abbr

  1. characters per inch

CPI -abbr

  1. consumer price index

cpl -abbr

  1. complete
  2. compline

Cpl -abbr

  1. corporal

CPM -abbr

  1. cost per thousand

CPO -abbr

  1. chief petty officer

CPR -abbr

  1. cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CPS -abbr

  1. cards per second
  2. certified professional secretary
  3. characters per second
  4. cycles per second

CPSC -abbr

  1. Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPT -abbr

  1. captain

cpu [,sē-(,)pē-'yü] -n

  1. the component of a computer system that performs the basic operations (as processing data) of the system, that exchanges data with the system's memory or peripherals, and that manages the system's other components called also processor