# CP

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'''CP''', '''cp.''' or its variants may refer to:

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==Arts, entertainment, and media==
* [Cariyapitaka](/source/Cariyapitaka) (Cp), a canonical Buddhist story collection
* [The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press), a Canadian news agency
* [Child pornography](/source/Child_pornography)
* ''[The Christian Post](/source/The_Christian_Post)'', an American newspaper
* [Competitive programming](/source/Competitive_programming)
* ''[Club Penguin](/source/Club_Penguin)'', a now defunct online multiplayer game 
* Combat power, used in [Pokémon Go](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go) to indicate how strong a Pokémon is in battle

==Enterprises==
===Transportation companies===
* [Canadian Airlines](/source/Canadian_Airlines) (1987–2001) (IATA airline code CP)
* [Canadian Pacific Railway](/source/Canadian_Pacific_Railway), reporting mark CP
* [Central Pacific Railroad](/source/Central_Pacific_Railroad), a network of lines between California and Utah, US
* {{lang|fr|[Chemins de Fer de Provence](/source/Chemins_de_Fer_de_Provence)}}, a French public railway company
* {{lang|pt|[Comboios de Portugal](/source/Comboios_de_Portugal)}}, a Portuguese state-owned train company
* [CP Air](/source/CP_Air) or Canadian Pacific Air Lines (1942–1987), a Canadian airline
* [CP Ships](/source/CP_Ships), a Canadian shipping company, part of TUI Group
* [Cathay Pacific](/source/Cathay_Pacific), a Hong Kong–based major airline

===Other enterprises===
* [C.P. Company](/source/C.P._Company), an Italian apparel brand
* [Cedar Point](/source/Cedar_Point), an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States
* [Central Partnership](/source/Central_Partnership), a Russian film distributor and production company
* [Charoen Pokphand](/source/Charoen_Pokphand) (C.P. Group), a Thai agribusiness conglomerate
* [Chicago Pneumatic](/source/Chicago_Pneumatic), an American manufacturer of tools and equipment
* [Colgate-Palmolive](/source/Colgate-Palmolive), an American consumer goods company
* [Commercial Press](/source/Commercial_Press), a Chinese publishing company
* [Connaught Place, New Delhi](/source/Connaught_Place%2C_New_Delhi), a commercial centre in India
* [Curious Pastimes](/source/Curious_Pastimes), a UK-based gaming company

==Government, law, and military==
* [Captain of the Parish](/source/Captain_of_the_Parish), a (now mainly ceremonial) appointment in the Isle of Man (post-nominal letters CP)
* [Central Powers](/source/Central_Powers), a military alliance before and during World War I, led by the German Empire
* [Certified Paralegal](/source/Certified_Paralegal), an American legal qualification
* [Charterparty](/source/Charterparty), a maritime contract for the hire of a ship
* [Civil parish](/source/Civil_parish), the lowest tier of government in England
* [Command Post](/source/Command_Post), in military terminology
* [Commissioner of Police](/source/Commissioner_of_Police), the top-ranking officer of the Police Force
* [Communist party](/source/Communist_party), a political party that advocates communism through state policy
* [Consejo popular](/source/Consejo_popular), an electoral ward of Cuba.

==Science and technology==
===Biology and medicine===
* [Cerebral palsy](/source/Cerebral_palsy)

* [Certified Prosthetist](/source/Certified_Prosthetist), an American medical qualification
* [Ceruloplasmin](/source/Ceruloplasmin), an enzyme encoded by the CP gene
* Congenital [prosopagnosia](/source/prosopagnosia), a type of inability to recognize faces
* [Chronic pancreatitis](/source/Chronic_pancreatitis)

===Chemistry===
* [Capensinidin](/source/Capensinidin) (Cp), a blue-red plant dye
* [Carbon monophosphide](/source/Carbon_monophosphide), a diatomic radical chemical compound
* [Cassiopium](/source/Cassiopium) (Cp), a name formerly used for the chemical element Lutetium
* [Chlorinated paraffins](/source/Chlorinated_paraffins) (CPs), complex mixtures of polychlorinated n-alkanes
* Cp, a proposed chemical symbol for the element [Copernicium](/source/Copernicium) (Cn)
* Counterpoise method, a way to correct for [basis set superposition error](/source/basis_set_superposition_error) in quantum chemistry
* [Cross-polarization](/source/Cross-polarization)
* [Cyclopentadienyl complex](/source/Cyclopentadienyl_complex) (Cp), read as "C P", the cyclic {{chem2|C5H5}} fragment in a coordination complex
** The similar symbol Cp* ("C P star") represents [pentamethylcyclopentadienyl](/source/pentamethylcyclopentadienyl), the {{chem2|C5Me5}} ligand

===Drugs===
* [Chlorphenamine](/source/Chlorphenamine), a first-generation alkylamine antihistamine  
* [Creatine phosphate](/source/Creatine_phosphate), a chemical used to store phosphates in the body
* [Cyclophosphamide](/source/Cyclophosphamide), a medication to suppress the immune system

===Computing===
* [cp (Unix)](/source/cp_(Unix)), a UNIX command for copying files and directories
* [Certificate policy](/source/Certificate_policy), outlining (non)-intended uses of a digital certificate
* Circuit Probe, a method of [wafer testing](/source/wafer_testing)
* [Code page](/source/Code_page), a table identifying the character set used to encode a set of glyphs
* [Constraint programming](/source/Constraint_programming), a programming paradigm wherein relations between variables are stated in the form of constraints
* Control Program, part of an operating system of the late 1960s; see [CP/CMS](/source/CP%2FCMS)
* [Connection pool](/source/Connection_pool), a cache of database connections
* The 'Content Profile' in the NISO standard [Content Profile/Linked Document](/source/CP%2FLD), a data serialisation format
* [Child process](/source/Child_process), Computing process created by another process

===Mathematics===
* [Cauchy problem](/source/Cauchy_problem), in partial differential equations
* [Complex projective space](/source/Complex_projective_space) (CP{{sup|n}}), the projective space with respect to the field of complex numbers
* [Mallows's ''C<sub>p</sub>''](/source/Mallows's_Cp), a statistic used in model selection
* The field <math>\mathbb C_p</math>, see [p-adic number#Algebraic closure](/source/p-adic_number)
* [Process capability index](/source/Process_capability_index), (''C<sub>p</sub>''), a statistical measure of process capability

===Physics===
* [Candlepower](/source/Candlepower) (cp), a measure of luminous intensity
* [Centipoise](/source/Centipoise) (cP), a unit of viscosity
* [CP symmetry](/source/CP_symmetry), in particle physics, the product of charge conjugation and parity
* C<sub>p</sub>, the [specific heat capacity](/source/specific_heat_capacity) at constant pressure
* [Pressure coefficient](/source/Pressure_coefficient) (C<sub>p</sub>), a parameter for studying the flow of fluids
* [Center of pressure (fluid mechanics)](/source/Center_of_pressure_(fluid_mechanics)), the point where the total sum of a pressure field acts on a body

===Other uses in science and technology===
* [Cathodic protection](/source/Cathodic_protection), a technique used to control the corrosion of a metal surface
* [Cellphone](/source/Mobile_phone), a portable telephone device
* [Clock pulse](/source/Clock_pulse), a signal type in electronics
* [Complementizer phrase](/source/Complementizer_phrase), in linguistics, the syntactic head of a full clause
* Continental Polar (cP), in meteorology, a type of [air mass](/source/air_mass)
* Control point, a section of track where switches and signals control trains within a [centralized traffic control](/source/centralized_traffic_control)

==Other uses==
* [Adobe Captivate](/source/Adobe_Captivate), an Adobe software
* [C. P. (name)](/source/C._P._(name)), shared by several notable individuals
* [Camp (disambiguation)](/source/Camp_(disambiguation))<!--From https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4805000_austin/DC20BLK_P4805000.pdf PDF p. 17/36 - The US Census Bureau uses "Cp" as a shorthand for "Camp", as in "Cp Mabry" -> "Camp Mabry" -->
* [Central provinces (disambiguation)](/source/Central_provinces_(disambiguation)) (C.P.)
** [Central Provinces](/source/Central_Provinces) (1861–1936), a former province of India, succeeded by
** [Central Provinces and Berar](/source/Central_Provinces_and_Berar) (1936–1950), corresponding to Madhya Pradesh in the post-partition republic
** [Central Provinces and Berar Circuit](/source/Central_Provinces_and_Berar_Circuit) or C. P.-Berar Circuit, a Hindi film distribution circuit comprising parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra
* {{lang|la|[Ceteris paribus](/source/Ceteris_paribus)}} (''cp''), a Latin phrase commonly rendered as "all other things being equal"
* [Colored people](/source/Colored_people)
** see also [colored people's time](/source/colored_people's_time)
* [Commercial paper](/source/Commercial_paper), in global finance, a type of promissory note
* [Congestion pricing](/source/Congestion_pricing)
* [Customer profitability](/source/Customer_profitability), the profit a firm makes from serving a customer
* Member of the [Passionists](/source/Passionists), a Roman Catholic religious order (post-nominal letters C.P.)
* compare, a directive to the reader to compare to a cited source (used interchangeably with "cf."); see [List of Latin abbreviations](/source/List_of_Latin_abbreviations)
* [Clipperton Island](/source/Clipperton_Island), a territory with exceptional country code ''CP''
* [Montenegrin Party](/source/Montenegrin_Party) (''Crnogorska partija''), a political party in Serbia
* [Cymru Premier](/source/Cymru_Premier), Welsh association football league
* [Crystal Palace F.C.](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.), English Association Football Club

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