Cad (disambiguation)

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CAD is a commonly used acronym for computer-aided design.

CAD or Cad may also refer to:

Biology

• CAD (gene), an enzyme-encoding gene
• Caspase-activated DNase, a protein encoded by the DFFB gene in humans
• Coronary artery disease, a group of cardiovascular diseases

Economics

• CAD, currency code of the Canadian dollar
• Capital Adequacy Directives CAD1 and CAD2, EU directives on capital requirements

Science and technology

• Cold-air damming, a meteorological phenomenon
• Collisionally activated dissociation, a technique in mass spectrometry
• Computer-aided diagnosis, software for assisting physicians in the interpretation of medical images
• Computer-aided dispatch, software used to dispatch and track vehicles or personnel

Transportation

• CAD (TransMilenio), a mass-transit station in Bogotá, Colombia
• Center axle disconnect, a type of automotive drivetrain
• Civil Aviation Department (Hong Kong), also called CAD
• CAD, the IATA code for Wexford County Airport in Michigan, United States
• CAD, the station code for Cadoxton railway station in Wales

Other uses

• Cad (character), a man who is aware of gentlemanly codes, but unable to live up to them
• Cad Coles (1886–1942), American baseball player
• Central Ammunition Depot (disambiguation), several depots nicknamed "CAD"
• Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, dictionary of the Akkadian language
• Cylindrical algebraic decomposition, a notion and an algorithm in computer algebra and real algebraic geometry
• cad, the ISO 639 code for the Caddo language of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
• CAD, abbreviation for the American Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic)
• Civil Affairs Division, of the U.S. Army

See also

• CADS (disambiguation)
• CADD (disambiguation)
• CAAD, abbreviation for Computer-aided architectural design