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cc adj : being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two hundred, 200] n : a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre]

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Translingual

Number

A Roman numeral representing two hundred (200).

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iː

Usage notes

cc for "cubic centimeter" is language-dependent and is not approved by the BIPM. Use cm³ or ml instead.

Extensive Definition

Lowercase variants

The lowercase variant cc can refer to:

Computing

.cc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory.
.cc is a file extension for C++ source files (although .cpp is more common)
cc, the Unix C programming language compiler
compiler-compiler, aka parser generator, also on Unix based operating systems

Other

carbon copy or courtesy copy, in the context of letter- or email-writing
Conference call, a telephone call where the calling party wants to have more than one called party listen in to the audio portion of the call
country code
close combat
cubic centimetre, or cm³, an SI derived unit of volume
C.C, a major character in the anime and manga Code Geass

Use of 'CC' as a code

CC (or variants) as a code can refer to:

Closed Captioning
Companions of the Order of Canada, as the post-nominal letters "C.C."
Air Atlanta Icelandic, as the IATA airline designator
Macair Airlines, as the IATA airline designator
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, as the ISO 3166 digram for the Australian territory
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, as ".cc", the Internet top-level domain for the Australian territory
cruiser (CC)

Use of 'CC' as initialisms

CC as an initialism may stand for:

Coco Chanel, Coco Chanel, fashion and cosmetics brand
Cool Cat, Green Everything lead singer
cc, meaning cubic centimeters, is commonly used to designate small engine sizes, always lowercase.
Calvary Chapel, a self-described non-denominational church, part of the global "Jesus Movement" in the late 1960s
Campaign Cartographer, a computer program designed to draw maps for role playing games
Canadian Club whisky
Cannibal Corpse, an American death metal band
Cape Cod, a peninsula forming the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, United States
Caravan Club (United Kingdom), a member of the FIA
Carbon copy, an instruction at the end of a letter to send copies to additional individuals or organizations, also used in e-mail
Carson City, Nevada
Cartoon Cartoons
CC was also the designation for the Carson City Mint, which operated from 1870 until 1893
Case Closed (also known as Detective Conan), a detective manga and anime series
Chief Commissioner of Hong Kong Scouting
Cheshire Constabulary Cheshire, United Kingdom
Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad's AAR Reporting Marks
Chinese Cinderella, an autobiographical novel by Chinese American author Adeline Yen Mah
Chip's Challenge a semi-popular computer game
Chris Carter Creator of the hit TV show, The X-Files.
Christendom College, a private, Roman Catholic college in Front Royal, Virginia
Christian Cage professional wrestler Jason Reso
Christian Coalition (further disambiguation)
Chrno Crusade, the manga and anime series
Chrono Cross, a PlayStation RPG
Clear Channel
Fiat Cinquecento, city car
Circuit City, the second largest electronics retailer in the United States
Clear Channel Communications, a radio broadcasting company in the United States
Closed captioning, optionally visible text transliteration of audio for television and movies to assist the deaf and hard of hearing
Climate change (or chaos)
Club cricket, a formalized amateur form of the sport of cricket
Coburger Convent, a convent of 100 German and Austrian Studentenverbindungen (student corporations)
Coca-Cola, a cola available in 200+ countries
College Confidential, an online college forum
Colon classification, a library classification scheme
Colorado College, a private four-year, co-educational liberal arts college located in Colorado, United States
Columbia College, the undergraduate liberal arts college of Columbia University in New York, New York known for its Core Curriculum
Combi coupé, a car body style introduced by Saab.
Comedy Central, a cable television channel in the United States
Common Criteria, an international standard (ISO 15408) for computer security
Community College, an educational institution providing post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education (in Canada and United States)
Consular Corps (corps consulaire).
Continuity correction
Conquer Club, an online Risk based game
CopyCat, the first genetically cloned pet.
Core Combat, the expansion to the MMOFPS Planetside
Corporate Communications
Corpus Christi, "sparkiling city by the sea" in Texas, Latin for: Body of Christ.
Cosmological Constant
County council, a council that governs a county (in the British Isles and United States)
County councillor, a member of a county council
Coupe cabriolet.
Coupé convertible, the combination of a Coupé car with a convertible
Coupled cluster, a post-Hartree-Fock method in computational chemistry
Courtesy copy, a backronym for "CC" in the context of email, which originally stands for "carbon copy"
Creatinine clearance
Creative Commons, a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to legally build upon and share
Credit card, a type of retail transaction settlement and credit system
Critical condition, a condition typically where a person is at high risk of death within 24 hours
Cross country running, a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain
CruiseControl, a continuous integration system
WWE Cruiserweight Championship, a championship for Cruiserweights (215lbs or less) in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Culture Club, a defunct British pop and New Romantic band
Currie Cup, a domestic rugby union competition in South Africa
Customer Care
Cyclomatic complexity, a software metric.

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