A cat (Felis catus), is a smaller, domesticated member of Felidae, the biological family of the cats. Cat can also refer to any member of the Felidae family. Cat may also refer to: - CAT(k) space, a specific type of metric space
- Cat, the category of small categories
- Cat (programming language), a functional stack-based programming language
- Cat (role-playing game), an indie role-playing game about cats
- cat (Unix), the concatenate program in the Unix operating system
- Cat (zodiac), a Vietnamese sign
- .cat, a top-level domain, applying to the whole Catalan-speaking community
- The terminology used to refer to the various types of Structured cabling, e.g. Category 5 cable, etc.
- Catalytic converter, colloquially named cat, a component of the exhaust system of a vehicle
- Catadioptric optical system, informally a cat, particularly in telescopes
- Kingdom of Cait or Cat, a Pictish kingdom during the Dark Ages
[edit] People Cat is also a nickname, usually but not always for the feminine first name Catherine or its variants. People with this name include: - Cat Osterman (born 1983), American softball player
- Cat Stevens (born 1948 as Steven Demetre Georgiou), British musician and philanthropist now known as Yusuf Islam
- Cat Whitehill (born 1982), American soccer player
[edit] Fictional characters The acronym CAT may refer to: - Cambridge Antibody Technology, a U.K. biotechnology company
- Canadian Army Trophy, a NATO tank gunnery competition
- Cap and trade, economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants
- Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg), a public transit agency serving the Harrisburg region, Pennsylvania, USA
- Capital Area Transit (Raleigh), a public transit agency serving the Raleigh region, North Carolina, USA
- CAT (magazine), an international civil simulation and training journal
- CAT Catalytic Center, a catalysis research center in Aachen, Germany
- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE ticker symbol), a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, turbines and engines
- Central Africa Time
- Centre for Alternative Technology, an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, U.K.
- Certified Accounting Technician
- Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, an enzyme
- Clear-air turbulence, a kind of turbulence that is potentially dangerous for air transport
- Clemson Area Transit, a public transit agency serving the Clemson region, South Carolina, USA
- Cognitive analytic therapy, a psychological therapy
- Coital alignment technique, a sexual position designed to maximize clitoral stimulation
- Common Admission Test, an entrance exam conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management
- Computerized adaptive testing, a method for administering tests
- Computed axial tomography or CAT scan, a medical imaging X-ray technology
- Computer-assisted translation or computer-aided translation
- Confidential Assassination Troop, a manhua series created by Fung Chin Pang
- Perth Central Area Transit, a range of buses operating in the free public-transport region of the central city of Perth, Australia
- United Nations Convention Against Torture, a human rights instrument
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