CDA

CDA or Cda may refer to:

In education

• Central Delta Academy, a private school in Mississippi
• Certified dental assistant, in the United States
• Child Development Associate, a credential in the early care and education
• Coram Deo Academy, a private Christian school in Flower Mound, Texas

In law and government

Government agencies

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

Laws

• Communications Decency Act, a US law found partially unconstitutional
• Crime and Disorder Act 1998, a UK law

Other uses in law and government

• Chargé d'Affaires
• Confidential disclosure agreement
• Criminal defense attorney

Organizations

Political parties and lobbying groups

• Christian Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
• Christian Democratic Appeal, in the Netherlands
• College Democrats of America, the official youth outreach arm of the US Democratic Party
• Conservative Democratic Alliance, in the UK

Other organizations

• Canadian Dental Association, an association of dentists in Canada
• Club de Deportes Antofagasta, a Chilean football club
• Chinese Daoist Association
• Civilian Defense Agency, a U.S. based global semi-private defense and intelligence agency

In science and technology

In chemistry

• Chiral derivatizing agent, a type of chemical designed to react with enantiomers to indicate the enantiopurity
• Completely denatured alcohol, the most heavily denatured alcohol

In 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
• Red Book (audio CD standard), Compact Disc Audio, the standard format for a CD

In health and medicine

• Chlorproguanil hydrochloride-dapsone-artesunate, an antimalarial drug
• Clinical Document Architecture, a healthcare documentation standard
• Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, a blood condition
• Cytidine deaminase, an enzyme

In spaceflight

• Command and data acquisition station, in spacecraft operations
• Cosmic dust analyzer, an instrument on the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft

Other uses on science and technology

• Canonical discriminant analysis, a type of linear discriminant analysis
• Cda, abbreviation for the orchid genus Cochlioda
• Continuous descent approach, an aircraft approach method designed to reduce fuel burn and noise
• Controlled droplet application, a concept for improving the efficiency of pesticide application

Other uses

• Caran d'Ache (company), a Swiss fine arts products company
• Coeur d'Alene (disambiguation), multiple meanings
• Critical discourse analysis, in critical theory
• A Fictional defense company in the movie Monsters, Inc.