CLA may refer to:

Organizations

California Library Association Established in 1895, the California Library Association (CLA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organizatioHistory – California Library AssociationMembers of CLA include library staff members, professional librarians, library and information ...

, US *

Canadian Lacrosse Association Lacrosse Canada (), formerly the Canadian Lacrosse Association, founded in 1867, is the governing body of lacrosse in Canada. It conducts national junior and senior championship tournaments for men and women in both field and box lacrosse. There ...

Canadian Library Association The Canadian Library Association (CLA) was a national, predominantly English-language association which represented 57,000 library workers across Canada. It also spoke for the interests of the 21 million Canadians who are members of libraries. C ...

* Canadian Lung Association * Caprivi Liberation Army * Children's Learning Adventure, an American daycare center chain * Christian Labor Association * CliftonLarsonAllen, American accounting firm * Clutterers Anonymous * College of Liberal Arts (disambiguation), multiple institutions *

Commonwealth Lawyers Association The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) is an organisation of lawyers, law societies and bar associations across the Commonwealth of Nations. The association hosts a conference in a member nation of the commonwealth biennially. History ...

Communist League of America The Communist League of America (Opposition) was founded by James P. Cannon, Max Shachtman and Martin Abern late in 1928 after their expulsion from the Communist Party USA for Trotskyism. The CLA(O) was the United States section of Leon Trotsky' ...

, 1928–1934 *

Connecticut Library Association The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) is a professional organization for Connecticut's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in Belchertown, Massachusetts. It was founded on February 23, 1891, in New Haven, Connecticut, with the ...

, US *

Copyright Licensing Agency The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) is a UK non-profit organisation established in 1983 to perform collective licensing on behalf of its members the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), Publishers' Licensing Services(PLS), the D ...

, UK *

Country Land and Business Association The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is a membership organisation representing landowners, property owners and businesses owners in England and Wales. Until 2000, the organisation was known as the Country Landowners Association. The ...

, formerly the Country Landowners' Association

Science and technology

Carry-lookahead adder A carry-lookahead adder (CLA) or fast adder is a type of Adder (electronics), electronics adder used in digital logic. A carry-lookahead adder improves speed by reducing the amount of time required to determine carry bits. It can be contrasted w ...

, in digital logic * Caseous lymphadenitis, an infectious disease caused by ''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis'' *

Codices Latini Antiquiores ''Codices Latini Antiquiores'' ("The More Ancient Latin language, Latin Manuscripts"), generally abbreviated ''CLA'', is a catalogue of all surviving manuscripts in Latin (whether codex, codices or scrolls) written before the 9th century. The comp ...

, a catalogue of surviving manuscripts in Latin *

Conjugated linoleic acid Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) are a family of isomers of linoleic acid. In principle, 28 isomers are possible. CLA is found mostly in the meat and dairy products derived from ruminants. The two C=C double bonds are conjugated (i.e., separated ...

* Cortical Learning Algorithm, in artificial intelligence *

Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Du ...

, a Brazilian satellite launching base * Congenital lactic acidosis, a disease caused by mutations in mtDNA that cause too much lactic acid to build up in the body

Stations

Clandon railway station Places called Clandon in Surrey, England: * East Clandon * West Clandon * Clandon Park Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey. It stands in the south east corn ...

, Surrey, England, by station code *

Claremont (Amtrak station) Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth * Town of Claremont, Perth * Claremont Airbase, a ...

, New Hampshire, US, by Amtrak station code * Clayton railway station, Melbourne, by station code

People

* Brand used by

Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic range compression for molding mixes that ...

, American mix engineer * Cla Meredith (born 1983), former baseball player

Other uses

* CargoLogicAir, a British cargo airline *

Causal layered analysis Causal layered analysis (CLA) is a future research theory that integrates various epistemic modes, creates spaces for alternative futures, and consists of four layers: litany, social, and structural, worldview, and myth/metaphor. The method was cr ...

, a futures technique * Clã, a Portuguese band * Collective labour agreement *

Collegiate Learning Assessment The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is a standardized testing initiative in United States higher educational evaluation and assessment. It uses a "value-added" outcome model to examine a college or university's contribution to student learn ...

, a US test * Comilla Airport (IATA airport code) *

Contributor License Agreement A Contributor License Agreement (CLA) defines the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to a company/project, typically software under an open source license. Rationale CLAs can be used to enable vendors to easily purs ...

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

, Ireland, Chapman code * Mercedes-Benz CLA-class automobiles {{disambiguation, geo, given name