cp -abbr
- compare
- coupon
CP -abbr
- candlepower
- center of pressure
- cerebral palsy
- charter party
- chemically pure
- command post
- Communist party
- Congregation of the Passion
- custom of port
CPA -abbr
- certified public accountant
CPB -abbr
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
CPCU -abbr
- chartered property casualty underwriter
cpd -abbr
- compound
CPFF -abbr
- cost plus fixed fee
cpi -abbr
- characters per inch
CPI -abbr
- consumer price index
cpl -abbr
- complete
- compline
Cpl -abbr
- corporal
CPM -abbr
- cost per thousand
CPO -abbr
- chief petty officer
CPR -abbr
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPS -abbr
- cards per second
- certified professional secretary
- characters per second
- cycles per second
CPSC -abbr
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPT -abbr
- captain
cpu [,sē-(,)pē-'yü] -n
- 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