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A consumer price index
(CPI) is a measure of the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households
CPI may also stand for:
Consumer price index
A consumer price index measures changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The CPI, in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of...
(CPI) is a measure of the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households
CPI may also stand for:
- Central Port Injection, see fuel injectionFuel injectionFuel injection is a system for admitting fuel into an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in automotive petrol engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
- Coherent Processing IntervalCoherent Processing IntervalA Coherent Processing Interval , in radar systems, indicates a group of multiple pulses, usually with the same PRF and frequency. A CPI will generally consist of one or more coherently integrated pulses, and possibly 1 or more fill pulses. PRF and frequency are sometimes changed between CPIs or...
, a parameter used to describe radar systems - Complete Packet Inspection, technology for computer network traffic analysis that combines header classification and payload pattern search
- Corruption Perceptions IndexCorruption Perceptions IndexSince 1995, Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private...
, List by CPI - Cost Per ImpressionCost Per ImpressionCost per impression, often abbreviated to CPI or CPM for Cost per thousand impressions, is a phrase often used in online advertising and marketing related to web traffic. It is used for measuring the worth and cost of a specific e-marketing campaign. This technique is applied with web banners,...
in advertising - Cost Performance Index, the ratio of actual costs to budgeted costs, used in Earned Value ManagementEarned value managementEarned value management is a project management technique for measuring project performance and progress in an objective manner. EVM has the ability to combine measurements of scope, schedule, and cost in a single integrated system. Earned Value Management is notable for its ability to provide...
- Cross-platform interchangeCross-platform interchangeA cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named...
in metro systems - Cycles Per InstructionCycles Per InstructionIn computer architecture, cycles per instruction is a term used to describe one aspect of a processor's performance: the number of clock cycles that happen when an instruction is being executed...
in microprocessors
Organizations
- California Psychological InventoryCalifornia Psychological InventoryThe California Psychological Inventory is a self-report inventory created by Harrison Gough and currently published by Consulting Psychologists Press. The test was first published in 1956, and the most recent revision was published in 1987. It was created in a similar manner to the Minnesota...
- Center for Public IntegrityCenter for Public IntegrityThe Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The Center is non-partisan and non-advocacy and committed to transparent and comprehensive reporting both in the United States and around...
- China Power International DevelopmentChina Power International DevelopmentChina Power International Development was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1994. The State owned PRC parent company CPI Group also has the initials "CPI" but in the case of the parent company the "I" stands for "Investment" not "International" ....
, a subsidiary company of China Power Investment Corporation - China Power Investment Corporation, a state-owned power producer in the People's Republic of China
- Commission on Public IntegrityCommission on Public IntegrityThe Iraqi Commission on Integrity , formerly known as the Commission on Public Integrity , is an independent commission within the government of Iraq tasked with preventing and investigating corruption at all levels of the Iraqi government nationwide...
, an independent Iraqi anti-corruption committee - Committee on Public InformationCommittee on Public InformationThe Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I...
, an American governmental organization during World War I - Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaThe Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
- Communist Party of IranCommunist Party of IranThe Communist Party of Iran is an Iranian communist party which is active in the fight against the Islamic Republic of Iran.It was founded in 1983 in Iranian Kurdistan after Komalah merged with Union of Communist Militants...
- Communist Party of IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandThe Communist Party of Ireland is a small all-Ireland Marxist party, founded in 1933. An earlier party, the Socialist Party of Ireland, was renamed the Communist Party of Ireland in 1921 on its affiliation to the Communist International but was dissolved in 1924. The present-day CPI was founded in...
- Communist Party of IsraelCommunist Party of IsraelMaki |Maki]]. Maki, the original Israeli Communist Party, saw a split between a largely Jewish faction led by Moshe Sneh, which recognized Israel's right to exist and was critical of the Soviet Union's increasingly anti-Zionist stance, and a largely Arab faction, which was increasingly anti-Zionist...
- Compact Power Incorporated (CPI), a Detroit-based unit of South Korea’s LG Chem
- Computer Peripherals IncComputer Peripherals IncComputer Peripherals, Inc. was an American manufacturer of computer printers, based in Rochester, Michigan.CPI's precursor, Holley Computer Products, was formed as a joint venture between Control Data Corporation and the Holley Carburetor Company in April 1962. Holley developed and produced a...
, a former manufacturer of computer printers - Congrès paléoethnologique internationalInternational Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric SciencesThe International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences is a learned society, linked through the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies to UNESCO, and concerned with the study of prehistory and protohistory...
(International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences) - Cour pénale internationaleInternational Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
(International Criminal Court) - CPI AeroCPI AeroCPI Aero is an aerospace and defense contractor headquartered in Edgewood, New York on Long Island.CPI was founded in 1980 by two former executives of Grumman Corporation...
, a New-York based defense contractor