CCA may refer to:

Arts and culture

Canadian Centre for Architecture The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA; ) is a Architecture museum, museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1920, rue Baile (1920, Baile Street), between rue Fort (Fort Street) and rue Saint-Ma ...

, museum and research centre in Montreal, Quebec *

Canadian Comedy Awards The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) is an annual ceremony that awards the Beaver for achievements in Canadian comedy in live performance, radio, film, television, and Internet media. The awards were founded and produced by Tim Progosh in 2000. Th ...

, annual awards show * CCA, a London-based talent agency founded by

Howard Pays Howard Pays (11 June 1927 – 12 April 2002) was an English actor who, in partnership with Freddy Vale, started the London-based talent agency CCA. Early life Howard Pays was born in West Ham, Essex on 11 June 1927. Career His first television ...

and Freddy Vale *

Capitol Center for the Arts The Capitol Center for the Arts is an entertainment venue in Concord, New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire, United States, which features a 1,304-seat theatre designed with an Egyptian motif. The center opened in its current form in 1995 after ...

, performing arts theater complex in Concord, New Hampshire * Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu, art museum in Japan *

Centre for Contemporary Arts The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is an arts centre in Glasgow, Scotland. It is substantially subsidised by Creative Scotland and operates from the former Third Eye Centre in a building purchased in the 1970s by the Scottish Arts Council. ...

, arts centre in Glasgow, Scotland *

Centre for Curating the Archive The Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA) is a research centre at the University of Cape Town. Background The CCA began as the Lucy Lloyd Archive, Resource and Exhibition Centre (LLAREC) in 1996 at the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Its establish ...

, curation studio at the University of Cape Town, South Africa * Chinese Calligraphers Association, a professional organization of Chinese calligraphers

Computing

Chosen-ciphertext attack A chosen-ciphertext attack (CCA) is an attack model for cryptanalysis where the cryptanalyst can gather information by obtaining the decryptions of chosen ciphertexts. From these pieces of information the adversary can attempt to recover the secr ...

, attack model for crypanalysis where the cryptanalyst can gather information by obtaining the decryptions of chosen ciphertexts * Cisco Clean Access, former name of Cisco NAC Appliance, a defunct network admission control system *

Common Component Architecture The Common Component Architecture (CCA) was a standard for Component-based software engineering used in high-performance scientific computing. Features of the Common Component Architecture that distinguish it from commercial component standards Comp ...

, standard for component-based software engineering *

Connected-component analysis Connected-component labeling (CCL), connected-component analysis (CCA), blob extraction, region labeling, blob discovery, or region extraction is an algorithmic application of graph theory, where subsets of connected component (graph theory), conne ...

, algorithmic application of graph theory *

Continuous configuration automation Continuous configuration automation (CCA) is the methodology or process of automating the deployment and configuration of settings and software for both physical and virtual data center equipment. Overview Continuous configuration automation is mar ...

, methodology or process of automating the deployment and configuration of settings and software

Economics and finance

* Canadian Council on Africa, nonprofit dedicated to Africa's economic development *

Capital Cost Allowance Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) is the means by which Canadian businesses may claim depreciation expense for calculating taxable income under the '' Income Tax Act''. Similar allowances are in effect for calculating taxable income for provincial purpo ...

, means by which Canadian businesses may claim depreciation expense when filing taxes *

Chartered Certified Accountant The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (CCA). Founded in 1904, It is now the fourth-largest professional accounting body ...

(designatory letters ACCA or FCCA) *

Chartered Cost Accountant Chartered Cost Accountant (CCA) is a cost accounting or cost control professional designation offered by the American Academy of Financial Management. The CCA is a Graduate from Post Nominal (GPN) that is only available for accountants with an acc ...

, cost accounting or cost control professional designation under the American Academy of Financial Management * Client commission agreement, soft dollar arrangement that allows money managers to separately pay executing brokers for trade execution and ask that broker to allocate a portion of the commission directly to an independent research provider *

Capital Consumption Allowance Consumption of fixed capital (CFC) is a term used in business accounts, tax assessments and national accounts for depreciation of fixed assets. CFC is used in preference to "depreciation" to emphasize that fixed capital is used up in the process ...

, business term referring to the portion of gross domestic product which is due to depreciation

Education

California Charter Academy The California Charter Academy (CCA) was formerly the largest charter school operator in California, with multiple campuses located throughout the state. CCA opened under the leadership of C. Steven Cox, a former insurance executive. During the c ...

, defunct charter school operator in California *

California College of the Arts The California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996, it opened a second campus in ...

, private art school in San Francisco *

California Culinary Academy The California Culinary Academy (CCA) was a for-profit school, and an affiliate of Le Cordon Bleu located in San Francisco, California. Danielle Carlisle established the school in 1977 to train chefs using the European education model. The origi ...

, defunct for-profit school affiliated with Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco *

Canyon Crest Academy Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) is a public high school in San Diego, California. Founded in 2004, the school is part of San Dieguito Union High School District and is located in Pacific Highlands Ranch (often considered part of Carmel Valley), a ...

, public high school in San Diego, California *

Cape Cod Academy Cape Cod Academy (CCA) is an independent coed college preparatory school for grades Kindergarten through 12 located in Osterville, Massachusetts. Statistics The Academy was incorporated in 1976 and functions on a school preparatory curriculu ...

, independent college preparatory school in Massachusetts *

Chandigarh College of Architecture The Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA) is a college imparting education and research in the field of architecture. It covers the north-western region of India including the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh as well as the U ...

, architecture school in India *

Coláiste Chraobh Abhann ''Coláiste Chraobh Abhann'' (English: 'the college of a branch over a river') is a community secondary school in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is owned and run by the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. It was built in ...

, community secondary school in County Wicklow, Ireland *

Commonwealth Charter Academy Commonwealth Charter Academy (previously named Commonwealth Connections Academy) is a large, public, cyber charter school. The school serves all school-aged children in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regardless of where the child lives. The Ac ...

Community College of Aurora The Community College of Aurora (CCA) is a public community college in Aurora, Colorado. It is part of the Colorado Community College System. CCA serves over 10,000 students annually at its CentreTech Campus in Aurora; Lowry Campus at the form ...

, community college in Colorado *

Cornish College of the Arts Cornish College of the Arts (CCA) was a Private college, private art school, art college in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1914 by music teacher Nellie Cornish. The college's main campus is in the Denny Triangle, Seattle, Denny Triangle ...

, private art college in Seattle, Washington *

Co-curricular activity (Singapore) In Singapore, a co-curricular activity (CCA), is a non-academic activity that all students must undertake as part of their education. Introduced by the Ministry of Education (MOE), CCAs are strongly encouraged at the primary and post-secondary ...

, non-academic activities students are required to take as part of their education

Government, politics, and military

* Central Computer Agency, a former British government agency *

Climate Change Agreement When the Climate Change Levy was introduced in the United Kingdom, the position of energy-intensive industries was considered, given their energy usage, the requirements of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regime and their exposure ...

, British scheme to make energy and carbon savings through energy efficiency while still maintaining competitiveness by reducing energy costs in certain industrial sectors *

Climate Change Authority The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is an Australian Government statutory agency responsible for providing independent advice to government on climate change policy. It was established by and operates under the ''Climate Change Authority Act 201 ...

, Australian governmental agency on climate change policy *

Collaborative combat aircraft Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. The f ...

, American program for unmanned combat air vehicles * Combat Command-A, a combined-arms military organization of the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1963 *

Combatant Clergy Association The Combatant Clergy Association () is a politically active group in Iran, but not a political party in the traditional sense. It has never been registered as a political party; however, it acts as a fragmented caucus and has actively operated ...

, political group in Iran * Communist Committees for Self-Management (''Comités communistes pour l'autogestion''), a far-left French organization 1977–1982 *

Council for Cultural Affairs A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nation ...

, now the Ministry of Culture in Taiwan

Law

Child Citizenship Act of 2000 The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) is a United States federal law that amended the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 regarding acquisition of citizenship by children of United States citizens. Under the CCA, certain children born outs ...

, American federal law regarding acquisition of citizenship by children of US citizens *

Civil Contingencies Act 2004 The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes provision about civil contingencies. It also replaces former civil defence and emergency powers legislation of the 20th century. Backgrou ...

, British act of Parliament that makes provision about civil contingencies *

Clinger–Cohen Act The Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996 encompasses two laws that were together passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (NDA) (; ): * The Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 was Division D of the NDA * The Infor ...

, two laws passed together in the United States in 1996 *

Communist Control Act of 1954 The Communist Control Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 775, 50 U.S.C. §§ 841–844) is an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and criminalizes membership ...

, American law outlawing the Communist Party and criminalizing membership or support * ''

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 The ''Competition and Consumer Act 2010'' (CCA) is an Act of parliament, Act of the Parliament of Australia. Prior to 1 January 2011, it was known as the ''Trade Practices Act 1974'' (TPA). The Act is the legislative vehicle for competition la ...

'', Australian Act of Parliament promoting competition, fair trading as well as providing protection for consumers *

Consumer Credit Act 1974 The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly reformed the law relating to consumer credit within the United Kingdom. The act remains in force ...

, British act of Parliament reforming consumer credit law *

Court of Criminal Appeal (disambiguation) Court of Criminal Appeal may refer to: *Court of Criminal Appeal (England and Wales) *Court of Criminal Appeal (Ireland) * Court of Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) * Court of Criminal Appeal (Scotland) * United States Army Court of Criminal Appe ...

Medicine and health

* Children's Craniofacial Association, American nonprofit to support individuals and families with facial disfigurements *

Cholangiocarcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include abdominal pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. Light colored stoo ...

, a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts *

Common carotid artery In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) () are artery, arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood; they divide in the neck to form the external carotid artery, external and internal carotid artery, inte ...

, arteries supplying oxygenated blood to the head and neck * Congenital contractural arachnodactyly, an autosomal dominant congenital connective tissue disorder

Religion

* Catholic Campaign for America, defunct Roman Catholic activist organization *

Christian Coalition of America The Christian Coalition of America (CCA), a 501(c)(4) organization, is the successor to the original Christian Coalition created in 1987 by religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson. This US Christia ...

, nonprofit Christian advocacy group *

Christian Conference of Asia The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National Councils and over 100 denominations (churches) in New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, L ...

, regional ecumenical organisation in Asia, Oceania and Australia * Cornerstone Christian Academy (disambiguation) * Covenant Christian Academy (disambiguation)

Science and technology

Canonical correlation analysis In statistics, canonical-correlation analysis (CCA), also called canonical variates analysis, is a way of inferring information from cross-covariance matrices. If we have two vectors ''X'' = (''X''1, ..., ''X'n'') and ''Y'' ...

, a way of inferring information from cross-covariance matrices *

Canonical correspondence analysis In multivariate analysis, canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) is an ordination technique that determines axes from the response data as a unimodal combination of measured predictors. CCA is commonly used in ecology in order to extract gradients ...

, a variation of correspondence analysis * CCA, a codon for the amino acid

proline Proline (symbol Pro or P) is an organic acid classed as a proteinogenic amino acid (used in the biosynthesis of proteins), although it does not contain the amino group but is rather a secondary amine. The secondary amine nitrogen is in the p ...

Chromated copper arsenate Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is a wood preservative containing compounds of chromium, copper, and arsenic, in various proportions. It is used to impregnate timber and other wood products, especially those intended for outdoor use, in order to pr ...

, wood preservative * Circuit card assembly, ICP preferred term for an assembled circuit board *

Climate change adaptation Climate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to the effects of climate change, both current and anticipated.IPCC, 2022Annex II: Glossary öller, V., R. van Diemen, J.B.R. Matthews, C. Méndez, S. Semenov, J.S. Fuglestvedt, A. Reisinger ...

, process of adjusting to the effects of climate change * Cold cranking amperes, a measurement on a vehicle battery * Combinatorial clock auction, combination of a clock auction with a subsequent sealed bid auction * Computer Corporation of America, a former computer software company * Compositionally Complex Alloys, or Complex Concentrated Alloys, baseless alloys, e.g., like a

High-entropy alloy High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are alloys that are formed by mixing equal or relatively large proportions of (usually) five or more elements. Prior to the synthesis of these substances, typical metal alloys comprised one or two major components with ...

* Confirmatory composite analysis, sub-type of structural equation modeling *

Copper-clad aluminium wire Copper-clad aluminium wire (CCAW or CCA) is a dual-metal electrical conductor composed of an inner aluminium core and outer copper cladding. Production A copper strip is formed into the shape of a cylinder, while it is being wrapped around an a ...

, dual-metal electrical conductor composed of an inner aluminum core and outer copper cladding *

Council of Canadian Academies The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) (, CAC) is a private, non-profit corporation that was created to perform independent, expert assessments of the science that is relevant to important public issues. The CCA received a $30 million founding ...

, nonprofit in Ontario that performs independent, expert assessments of science relevant to public issues *

Currency Creek Arboretum 270px, Dean Nicolle and Eucalyptus deanei image:Eucalyptus-20070325-013.jpg">270px, ''Eucalyptus conferruminata'' The Currency Creek Arboretum (CCA; or Currency Creek Arboretum Eucalypt Research Centre) is located in the Australian state of ...

, abortorium and research center in South Australia

Sports

Canadian Canoe Association Canoe Kayak Canada () is the governing body of competitive canoeing and kayaking disciplines in Canada. The three specific disciplines represented are flatwater, whitewater and marathon. Canoe Kayak Canada officially replaced the name "Canadian ...

, governing body of competitive canoeing and kayaking * Canadian Cricket Association, now Cricket Canada, governing body of competitive cricket *

Canadian Curling Association Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes ...

, now Curling Canada, sanctioning body for competitive curling *

Canadian Cycling Association The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA), branded as Cycling Canada (CC) ( French: ''Cyclisme Canada'' (''CC'')) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Canada. Role Cycling Canada is a National Sport Organization whose main reason for be ...

, now Cycling Canada, governing body of competitive cycle racing *

Chinese Chess Association The Chinese Chess Association (CCA) (中国国际象棋协会) is the governing body of chess in China, one of the federations of FIDE, and a member of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). It is the principal authority over all chess events in China ...

, governing body of competitive chess *

Cruising Club of America The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is an international organization of cruisers whose objects are to promote cruising and racing by amateurs, to encourage the development of suitable types of cruising craft, to stimulate interest in seamanship, nav ...

, international organization promoting cruising and racing and its development

Transportation

* CCA, the

ICAO The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sch ...

callsign for

Air China Air China, officially Air China Limited, ( zh, s=中国国际航空公司, labels=no, ''Zhōngguó guójì hángkōng gōngsī'') is a major Chinese airline and the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi ...

Central Connect Airlines Central Connect Airlines (CCA) was an airline based in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It operated leasing and charter services. Its main base was Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava.Flight International 3 April 2007 History The airline was established in ...

, a former airline based in the Czech Republic

Unions and professional associations

* Canadian Cattlemen's Association, an advocacy group for the Canadian beef industry * Certified Crop Advisor, professional designation under the American Society of Agronomy *

China Cotton Association China Cotton Association (CCA) is a Chinese non-profit federation specializing in cotton, which is voluntarily established by cotton farmers, cotton farmers' cooperative organizations, enterprises engaged in cotton production, purchase, processing ...

, nonprofit specializing in cotton *

Comics Code Authority The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA enabled comic publishers to self-regulate the content of American comic book, comic books in the ...

, American organisation that oversaw ethics and standards for comics publishing * Conference of Consulting Actuaries, professional society of actuaries in the USA and Canada *

Corporate Council on Africa The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is a trade association focusing on strengthening commercial relationships between the United States and the African continent. History The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), based in Washington D.C., is a nonp ...

, nonprofit trade association focused on strengthening commercial relationships between the USA and Africa *

Critics Choice Association The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the l ...

, American association for television, radio and online critics

Other uses

Canadian Cat Association The Canadian Cat Association (, CCA-AFC) is a non-profit organization in Canada whose mission is to promote the welfare of all cats in Canada, maintain a registry of pedigreed cats in Canada, and further the improvement of all breeds of cats i ...

, nonprofit dedicated to cat welfare *

Canadian Cascade Arc The Canadian Cascade Arc, also called the Canadian Cascades, is the Canada, Canadian segment of the North American Cascade Volcanic Arc. Located entirely within the Canadian province of British Columbia, it extends from the Cascade Mountains in th ...

, the Canadian segment of the North American Cascade Volcanic Arc * Club Corporation of Asia, Hong Kong-based company and leaseholder for

Brocket Hall Brocket Hall is a Neoclassical architecture, neo-classical English country house, country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. The estate is equipped with two golf cour ...

in Hertfordshire, England *

Coastal Conservation Association The Coastal Conservation Association is a grassroots, non-profit, social movement organization of salt water anglers from 17 coastal states spanning the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts. The CCA is primarily concerned with the restora ...

, American nonprofit social movement organization of salt water anglers *

Coca-Cola Amatil Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCAL) was an Australian bottler of non-alcoholic beverages that existed from 1904 to 2021, when it merged with Coca-Cola European Partners to form Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. It was one of the largest bottlers of ...

, a bottler of beverages in the Asia-Pacific region *

Community Choice Aggregation Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), also known as Community Choice Energy, municipal aggregation, governmental aggregation, electricity aggregation, and community aggregation, is an alternative to the investor-owned utility energy supply system in ...

, American nonprofit public agencies that offer an alternative to investor-owned utilities systems * Community Conservation Areas, community conserved territories and areas governed with evidently positive outcomes for the conservation of biological and cultural diversity *

Compañía Colombiana Automotriz Compañía Colombiana Automotriz S.A. was a car factory based in Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in the early 1960s as Leonidas Lara e Hijos, it assumed its current name with the beginning of its association with Fiat in 1973. They have manufactured v ...

, a former car factory in Colombia * Concerned Children's Advertisers, former name of Companies Committed to Kids, a defunct Canadian non-profit organization *

Container Corporation of America Container Corporation of America (CCA) was founded in 1926 and manufactured corrugated boxes. In 1968 CCA merged with Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc., becoming MARCOR. MARCOR maintained separate management for the operations of each company, but ...

, American company that manufactured corregated boxes *

Corrections Corporation of America CoreCivic, Inc. formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas W. ...

, now CoreCivic, company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers