Cat

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A cat (Felis catus), is a smaller, domesticated member of Felidae, the biological family of the cats. A cat can also refer to any member of the Felidae family.

Cat may also refer to:

• Cat (programming language), a functional stack-based programming language
• Cat (Red Dwarf), a character in the TV show Red Dwarf
• 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, a Dark Ages Pictish kingdom

The acronym CAT may refer to:

• Central Africa Time
• 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
• Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE ticker symbol), a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, turbines and engines
• Perth Central Area Transit, a range of buses operating in the free public-transport region of the central city of Perth, Australia
• 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
• Coital alignment technique, a sexual position designed to maximize clitoral stimulation
• Cognitive analytic therapy, a psychological therapy
• Common Admission Test, an entrance exam conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management
• Computer-assisted translation or computer-aided translation
• Computed tomography, a medical imaging technology which may be known as CAT (i.e computed axial tomography)
• Confidential Assassination Troop, a manhua series created by Fung Chin Pang
• United Nations Convention Against Torture, a human rights instrument

See also

• Schrödinger's cat, a thought experiment in quantum physics
• Methcathinone (street slang), a recreational drug
• The Cat (disambiguation)
• Big cat, large cat species
• Cats (disambiguation)
• Kat (disambiguation)
• Qat (disambiguation)

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