CTA may refer to:

Legislation

Children's Television Act The broadcast of educational Children's television series, children's programming by terrestrial television stations in the United States is mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under regulations colloquially referred to as ...

, American legislation passed in 1990 that enforces a certain degree of educational television *

Corporate Transparency Act The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA 2021) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 202 ...

, Title LXIV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 *

Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased police powers for the stated purpose of countering terrorism. The first reading of the bill was held in January 2008, and it received roya ...

Criminal Tribes Act Since the 1870s, various pieces of colonialism, colonial legislation in India during British Raj, British rule were collectively called the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). This criminalised entire communities by designating them as habitual criminals ...

, British legislation in India passed in 1871 which labelled entire communities as criminal

Organizations

Asia

Central Tibetan Administration The Central Tibetan Administration (, , ) is the government-in-exile of Tibet, based in Dharamshala, India. It comprises a judiciary branch, a legislative branch, and an executive branch, and offers support and services to the Tibetan exile c ...

China Tourism Academy China Tourism Academy (CTA) is a Beijing-based research institution with a focus on studies in tourism industry. Under the Document No. 00798 released by the State Commission for Public Sector Reform, it was established in 2008, directly affiliat ...

Chinese Taoist Association Chinese Taoist Association (CTA; ), founded in April 1957, is the official government supervisory organ of Taoism in the People's Republic of China. History In 1980, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party approved a request by t ...

* Crystal Thai Airlines

Europe, Africa, and South America

*Brazilian

Department of Aerospace Science and Technology The Brazilian Department of Science and Aerospace Technology (; DCTA) is the national military research center for aviation and space flight. It is subordinated to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). It coordinates all technical and scientific activiti ...

(CTA; ; DCTA), Brazilian Air Force *

Cairo Transportation Authority Cairo Transport Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit within Cairo, and the largest operator in Egypt. CTA operates buses, ferries and river buses. Through its subsidiary Greater Cairo Bus Company (GCBC) it operates buses and minibuses, ...

* Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos *

Central African Republic national football team The Central African Republic national football team (French: ''Équipe de République centrafricaine de football''), nicknamed ''Les Fauves'', is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Central African Footba ...

(FIFA code CTA) *

Cyprus Turkish Airlines Cyprus Turkish Airlines Limited () was a Turkish Cypriot airline that served as the flag carrier for Northern Cyprus. Until its collapse in June 2010, Cyprus Turkish Airlines was the primary airline flying passengers to Northern Cyprus. KTHY o ...

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) was established in 1983 under the Lomé Convention between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and EU member states. Since 2000 CTA has operated within the fra ...

CTA International CTA International is an equal-shares joint venture company between defence companies Nexter and BAE Systems. CTAI is based in Bourges, France, and has been established to develop and manufacture case telescoped weapons and ammunition. The company ...

North America

California Teachers Association The California Teachers Association (CTA) is a teachers' trade union based in the city of Burlingame, California. The association was initially established in 1863. It is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful teachers' unions in the st ...

, a labor union *

California Technology Agency The Department of Technology of the state of California, formerly named the California Technology Agency (CTA) is a Department in the Government Operations Agency with statutory authority over information technology (IT) strategic vision and pla ...

, a California cabinet-level state agency *

Call to Action Call to Action (CTA) is an American progressivism in the United States, progressive organization that advocates a variety of changes in the Catholic Church. Call To Action's goals are to change church disciplines and teachings in such areas as ma ...

, a Christian organization *

Canadian Transportation Agency The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA; , OTC) is the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal of the Government of Canada that makes decisions relating to federally-regulated modes of transportation ( air, rail and marine). Its headquarters ar ...

, an independent tribunal of the Government of Canada * Canadian Trucking Alliance, a Canadian federation of provincial trucking associations *

Central Toronto Academy Central Toronto Academy (CTA); formerly Central Commerce Collegiate Institute and originally High School of Commerce and Finance is a public, semestered secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbo ...

, formerly called Central Commerce Collegiate *

Chicago Transit Authority The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of public transport, mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes, CTA bu ...

, the official public transportation authority for the city of Chicago *

Chisholm Trail Academy Chisholm Trail Academy (CTA) is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational high school located at Fourth and Old Betsy in Keene, Texas. Keene is located midway between Alvarado and Cleburne, south of Fort Worth. Chisholm Trail Academy is ...

Colorado Translators Association The American Translators Association (ATA) is the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with nearly 8,500 members in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1959, membership is open to anyone with an ...

Columbus Torah Academy Columbus Torah Academy (CTA) is a Modern Orthodox Jewish K-12 school in Columbus, Ohio. About Columbus Torah Academy provides a comprehensive college preparatory education and a Judaic studies education for Jewish students in the greater Columbu ...

Consolidated Tape Association The Consolidated Tape Association (CTA) oversees the Securities Information Processor that disseminates real-time trade and quote information (market data) in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX) listed securities (st ...

, which oversees stock market transactions in the United States *

Consumer Technology Association The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® is North America's largest standards and technology trade organization representing more than 1,200 technology companies. CTA is led by CEO and Vice Chair Gary J. Shapiro. Trade shows CES C ...

, formerly Consumer Electronics Association

Places

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...

(FIFA code: CTA) * Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (IATA code) *

Central Texas Airport Central Texas Airport (CTA) is a proposed airport within the proposed Eco-Merge Green Corporate Center complex in Bastrop County, Texas. It would be in proximity to the intersection of Farm to Market Road 969 and Farm to Market Road 1704, near ...

Professions

*Chartered tax adviser, a tax accountant who is a member of the: **

Chartered Institute of Taxation The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is a registered charity (number 1037771) and the leading professional body in the United Kingdom concerned solely with taxation. The CIOT deals with all aspects of direct and indirect taxation. Activ ...

(UK) **

Tax Institute (Australia) The Tax Institute, formerly the Taxation Institute of Australia, is a member-based association of tax professionals in Australia. Members include accountants, lawyers and academics. The Tax Institute was founded in July 1943 by a Sydney accountant ...

(Australia) *

Commodity trading advisor A commodity trading advisor (CTA) is US financial regulatory term for an individual or organization who is retained by a fund or individual client to provide advice and services related to trading in futures contracts, commodity options and/or ...

Cryptologic technician Cryptologic technician (CT) is a United States Navy enlisted rating or job specialty. The CT community performs a wide range of tasks in support of the national intelligence-gathering effort, with an emphasis on cryptology and signal intell ...

administrative

Science

Cellulose triacetate Cellulose triacetate, triacetate, CTA or TAC is a chemical compound produced from cellulose and a source of acetate esters, typically acetic anhydride. Triacetate is commonly used for the creation of fibres and film base. It is chemically simil ...

Chain transfer agent In polymer chemistry, chain transfer is a polymerization reaction by which the activity of a growing polymer chain is transferred to another molecule: \ce^\bullet + \ce^\bullet where • is the active center, P is the initial polymer chain, X i ...

Charge transfer amplifier The charge-transfer amplifier (CTA) is an electronic amplifier circuit. Also known as transconveyance amplifiers, CTAs amplify electronic signals by dynamically conveying charge between capacitive nodes in proportion to the size of a differential ...

Cherenkov Telescope Array The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a multinational project to build a new generation of ground-based gamma-ray instruments in the energy range extending from some tens of GeV to about 300 TeV. It is proposed as an open obser ...

, a project to build a system of very high energy gamma ray telescopes. * The medical jargon "Clear to auscultation", for lungs are clear when listening; see List of medical abbreviations: C *

Computed tomography angiography Computed tomography angiography (also called CT angiography or CTA) is a computed tomography technique used for angiography—the visualization of arteries and veins—throughout the human body. Using contrast injected into the blood vessels, im ...

Conditioned taste aversion Conditioned taste aversion occurs when an animal acquires an aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with aversive stimuli. The effect explains that the aversion develops more strongly for stimuli that cause nausea than other stimuli. Thi ...

* Constant temperature anemometry * CTA, a codon for the amino acid

Leucine Leucine (symbol Leu or L) is an essential amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Leucine is an α-amino acid, meaning it contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated −NH3+ form under biological conditions), an α-Car ...

Other

Call to action (marketing) Call to action (CTA) is a marketing term for any text designed to prompt an immediate response or encourage an immediate sale. A CTA most often refers to the use of words or phrases that can be incorporated into sales scripts, advertising messag ...

, a web design tenet that requires each page to clearly indicate the desired user response *

Call to action (political) Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals. The aim of direct action is to either obstruct a certain practice (such as a governm ...

, a call to activists to participate in a

direct action Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals. The aim of direct action is to either obstruct a certain practice (such as a governm ...

or similar political activity * Call to arms * Cased telescoped ammunition * Central technical area, an equipment room used in broadcasting facilities *The Chicago Transit Authority, former name of the American band

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

Container Terminal Altenwerder The HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg, Germany, is a container handling terminal. It is located in the Altenwerder quarter. It is owned by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) (74.9%) and Hapag-LLoyd AG shipping lines (25 ...

* Common Tasks for Assessment, an educational programme run by the Department of Education of South Africa *

Common Travel Area The Common Travel Area (CTA; , ) is an open borders area comprising the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The British Overseas Territories are not included. Governed by non-binding agreements ...

, comprising Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands * Control area, controlled airspace that exists in the vicinity of an airport *

Copyright transfer agreement A copyright transfer agreement or copyright assignment agreement is an agreement that transfers the copyright for a work from the copyright owner to another party. This is one legal option for publishers and authors of books, magazines, movies, t ...

, used in publishing