| Acronym | Meaning |
 | CDF | Confined Detonating Fuse |
 | CDF | Cool-Down Facility |
 | CDF&TDS | Circuit Design |
 | CDH | Constant Delta Height |
 | CDI | Course Deviation Indicator |
 | CDI | Course Deviation Indicator |
 | CDM | Communications/Data Manager |
 | CDMS | Command And Data Management Subsystem |
 | CDMS | Command And Data Management System |
 | CDN | CDRDiscrepancyNotice |
 | CDNR | CDR Discrepancy Notice Record |
 | CDP | CommandDataProcessor |
 | CDPIS | Command Data Processing And Instrumentation System |
 | CDQR | Critical Design And Qualification Review |
 | CDR | Cleaning |
 | CDR | Commander |
 | CDR | Critical Design Review |
 | CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List |
 | CDRR | Contract Documentation Requirements Records |
 | CDS | Central Data Subsystem |
 | CDS | Central Data Subsystems (LPS) |
 | CDS | Central Data System |
 | CDS | Closeout DoorSystem |
 | CDS | Collision Detector System |
 | CDS | Control Data Corporation |
 | CDS | Control Data System |
 | CDSC | Communications Distribution And Switching Center |
 | CDT | Central Daylight Time |
 | CDT | Command Descriptor Table |
 | CDT | Compressed DataTape |
 | CDT | Configuration Data Table |
 | CDT | Countdown Time |
 | CDU | Computer Display Unit |
 | CDU | Control And Display Unit |
 | CDU | Coupling Display Unit |
 | CDU | Coupling Data Unit |
 | CDU | CRT Display Unit |
 | CDW | Command Data Word |
 | CDW | Computer DataWord |
 | CE | Change Evaluation |
 | CE | Civil Engineering |
 | CE | Control Element |
 | CE | Cost Element |
 | CE | Current Expendable |
 | CEA | Control Electronics Assembly (for MMU) |
 | CEC | Control Encoder Coupler |
 | CECP | Compatibility Engineering Change Proposal |
 | CEDC | Cyclic Error Detection Code |
 | CEI | Configuration End Item |
 | CEI | Contract End Item |