CPT
Encyclopedia
CPT or Cpt may stand for:
- Captain (disambiguation) (Cpt.), a rank or title
- CBS Paramount Television, a former TV branch of CBS now known as CBS Television Studios
- Certified Penetration Tester, a penetration testPenetration testA penetration test, occasionally pentest, is a method of evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack from malicious outsiders and malicious insiders...
ing certification offered by the IACRB - Certified Performance Technologist, specialist in performance improvementPerformance improvementPerformance improvement is the concept of measuring the output of a particular process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure...
; a credential offered by ISPI - Colored People's TimeColored People's TimeColored People's Time, or CPT, is an American expression referring to a stereotype of Afrian Americans as frequently being late.-In media:...
, an American expression concerning African American timekeeping - Columbia Pictures TelevisionColumbia Pictures TelevisionColumbia Pictures Television was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems . The studio changed its name on September 4, 1974.-1974-1982:...
, the TV branch of Columbia Pictures - Computerized Placement Test
- Cost per thousandCost Per MilleCost per mille , also called cost ‰ and cost per thousand , is a commonly used measurement in advertising. Radio, television, newspaper, magazine, out-of-home advertising, and online advertising can be purchased on the basis of what it costs to show the ad to one thousand viewers...
, a method of calculating the relative cost of an advertising campaign - Curricular Practical TrainingCurricular Practical TrainingCurricular Practical Training is temporary employment authorization for non-immigrant students in the United States while enrolled in a college-level degree program....
, temporary employment authorization during a non-immigrant student's post-secondary coursework
Medicine
- CamptothecinCamptothecinCamptothecin is a cytotoxic quinoline alkaloid which inhibits the DNA enzyme topoisomerase I . It was discovered in 1966 by M. E. Wall and M. C. Wani in systematic screening of natural products for anticancer drugs. It was isolated from the bark and stem of Camptotheca acuminata , a tree native to...
, an anti-cancer drug - Carnitine palmitoyltransferase ICarnitine palmitoyltransferase ICarnitine palmitoyltransferase I also known as carnitine acyltransferase I or CAT1 is a mitochondrial enzyme. It is part of a family of enzymes called carnitine acyltransferases. Three isoforms of CPT1 are currently known: CPT1A, CPT1B, and CPT1C...
, a mitochondrial enzyme - Certified Psychiatric Technician, a variety of employees with bachelors degrees or less who are providing direct care to individuals with mental illnesses and/or developmental disabilities; a credential offered through the American Association of Psychiatric Technicians (AAPT)
- Charged particle therapy, a type of radiotherapy that uses charged particleCharged particleIn physics, a charged particle is a particle with an electric charge. It may be either a subatomic particle or an ion. A collection of charged particles, or even a gas containing a proportion of charged particles, is called a plasma, which is called the fourth state of matter because its...
s - Chest physiotherapyChest physiotherapyChest physiotherapy is a broad, non-specific term used to describe treatments generally performed by physiotherapists and respiratory therapists whereby breathing is improved by the indirect removal of mucus from the breathing passages of a patient...
, a treatment in which a respiratory therapist percusses an individual's chest with his or her hands to dislodge sputum and encourage its expectoration, for example for patients with cystic fibrosisCystic fibrosisCystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine... - Continuous Performance TaskContinuous Performance TaskA Continuous Performance Task/Test, or CPT, is a neuropsychological test which measures a person's sustained and selective attention and impulsivity. Sustained attention is the ability to maintain a consistent focus on some continuous activity or stimuli, and is associated with impulsivity....
, a psychological test that consists of a series of stimuli - Current Procedural TerminologyCurrent Procedural TerminologyThe Current Procedural Terminology code set is maintained by the American Medical Association through the CPT Editorial Panel. The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among...
, a code set maintained by the American Medical AssociationAmerican Medical AssociationThe American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
that describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services - Custom Procedure Trays, in hospitals
- Cyclopentyltheophylline8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine is a drug which acts as a potent and selective antagonist for the adenosine receptors, with some selectivity for the A1 receptor subtype, as well as a non-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor. It has stimulant effects in animals with slightly higher potency than...
, in biochemistry - Troparil, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor
Places
- Cape TownCape TownCape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa - Chapeltown, West YorkshireChapeltown, West YorkshireChapeltown is a suburb of north-east Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, and is the centre of the city's British African-Caribbean community. It is approximately one mile north of Leeds city centre...
, England, United Kingdom - Compton, CaliforniaCompton, CaliforniaCompton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city of Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city to incorporate. The city is considered part of the South side by residents of Los...
, United States
Politics
- Christian Peacemaker TeamsChristian Peacemaker TeamsChristian Peacemaker Teams is an international organization set up to support teams of peace workers in conflict areas around the world. These teams believe that they can lower the levels of violence through nonviolent direct action, human rights documentation, and nonviolence training. CPT sums...
, an international organization that supports peacemakers in conflict areas - Committee for the Prevention of TortureCommittee for the Prevention of TortureThe European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or shortly Committee for the Prevention of Torture is the anti-torture committee of the Council of Europe...
, a Council of Europe committee - Communist Party of ThailandCommunist Party of ThailandThe Communist Party of Thailand - CPT was a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Thailand, active from 1942 until the 1990s. Initially known as Communist Party of Siam the party was founded officially on the 1st of December 1942, although communist activism in the country began as early...
, a now-defunct political party of Thailand - Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores, a trade union of Paraguay
Science, mathematics and engineering
- Canadian Penning Trap Mass SpectrometerCanadian Penning Trap Mass SpectrometerThe Canadian Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer is one of the major pieces of experimental equipment that is installed on the ATLAS superconducting heavy-ion linac facility at the Physics Division of the Argonne National Laboratory...
, a scientific instrument located at the Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory - Coherent Photon Trapping
- Cone penetration testCone penetration testThe cone penetration test is an gouda cpt testing method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils and delineating soil stratigraphy. It was initially developed in the 1950s at the Dutch Laboratory for Soil Mechanics in Delft to investigate soft soils. Based on this...
, a test to measure the load-bearing capacity of soft soils - Control Power Transformer
- Cooper-pair transistor
- CPT symmetryCPT symmetryCPT symmetry is a fundamental symmetry of physical laws under transformations that involve the inversions of charge, parity, and time simultaneously.-History:...
(charge, parity, and time symmetry), symmetry of physical lawsPhysical lawA physical law or scientific law is "a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present." Physical laws are typically conclusions...
under transformations of chargeC-symmetryIn physics, C-symmetry means the symmetry of physical laws under a charge-conjugation transformation. Electromagnetism, gravity and the strong interaction all obey C-symmetry, but weak interactions violate C-symmetry.-Charge reversal in electromagnetism:...
, parity and timeT-symmetryT Symmetry is the symmetry of physical laws under a time reversal transformation: T: t \mapsto -t.Although in restricted contexts one may find this symmetry, the observable universe itself does not show symmetry under time reversal, primarily due to the second law of thermodynamics.Time asymmetries... - Cumulative Prospect TheoryCumulative prospect theoryCumulative prospect theory is a model for descriptive decisions under risk which was introduced by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in 1992 . It is a further development and variant of prospect theory...
Transport
- Cape Town International AirportCape Town International AirportCape Town International Airport is the primary airport serving the city of Cape Town, and is the second busiest airport in South Africa and third busiest in Africa. Located approximately from the city centre, the airport was opened in 1954 to replace Cape Town's previous airport in the suburb of...
in Cape Town, South Africa (IATA airport code) - Carriage Paid To, an international commercial term used in transport
- Clapton railway stationClapton railway stationClapton railway station is on a suburban line operated by National Express East Anglia located on Upper Clapton Road.It links Upper Clapton to Liverpool Street in central London and Chingford....
, a British railway station (National Rail station codeNational RailNational Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
) - Corporate AirCorporate AirCorporate Air is a airline based in Billings, Montana, United States. It was established in 1981 and operates primarily domestic scheduled cargo services, Feeder service on behalf of FedEx Express, as well as the United States Postal Service...
, a cargo airline based in Montana, United States (ICAO airline designator)
Other uses
- Centro di permanenza temporanea former name Centro di identificazione ed espulsione, the Italian centers of detention and expulsion of illegal immigrants
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Planning Technician
- Cognitive Performance Test
- Commissao Pastoral da Terra
- Conditional Probability Table, a table of probabilities of node values in probabilistic logicProbabilistic logicThe aim of a probabilistic logic is to combine the capacity of probability theory to handle uncertainty with the capacity of deductive logic to exploit structure. The result is a richer and more expressive formalism with a broad range of possible application areas...
- Controller Page Template
- .cpt a proprietary file format of Corel Photo-PaintCorel PHOTO-PAINTCorel PHOTO-PAINT is a raster graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel since 1992. Corel currently markets the software for Windows operating systems, previously having marketed versions for Linux and Mac OS...
- CPT Word ProcessorsCPT Word ProcessorsCPT was started in 1971 by Dean Scheff in Minneapolis, Minnesota.CPT started off by offering a cassette memory accessory for the IBM Selectric Typewriter.Their major competition in the space was Wang and Xerox.Models:...
, made from 1971 until mid 1990s by the Cassette Power Typing Corporation - Cuideachta Phoiblí Theoranta, the Irish languageIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
form of a Public limited companyPublic limited companyA public limited company is a limited liability company that sells shares to the public in United Kingdom company law, in the Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth jurisdictions....