| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CEF | CAN (Controller Area Network) Extended Frame |
| CEF | Caixa Economica Federal (Brazil) |
| CEF | Closed End Fund |
| CEF | Common European Framework |
| CEF | Canadian Expeditionary Force (WWI) |
| CEF | Cisco Express Forwarding |
| CEF | Comptoir Électrique Français (French: French Counter Electric; est. 1974) |
| CEF | Continuing Education Fund |
| CEF | Crystalline Electric Field (physics) |
| CEF | Center of Excellence in Finance (various organizations) |
| CEF | Catholic Education Foundation (various locations) |
| CEF | Centre pour les Etudes en France (French: Study in France Centre) |
| CEF | Centre Éducatif Fermé (French: Closed Educational Center) |
| CEF | Creative Education Foundation |
| CEF | Construction Employers Federation (UK and Ireland) |
| CEF | Chicken Embryo Fibroblasts |
| CEF | Committee for Education Funding |
| CEF | Complementary Error Function |
| CEF | Collins Einhorn Farrell PC (law firm; Southfield, MI) |
| CEF | Centre for Economic Forecasting (London Business School; UK) |
| CEF | Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes (research center; Germany) |
| CEF | Conseil de l'Education et de la Formation (French: Board of Education and Training; Belgium) |
| CEF | Canadian Equestrian Federation |
| CEF | Commercial Equipment Finance (Albuquerque, NM) |
| CEF | Community Empowerment Fund |
| CEF | Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. (Christian missions organization) |
| CEF | Comptoir Européen de Fabriques (French: Counter European Factories; est. 1961) |
| CEF | Community Education Forum (various locations) |
| CEF | Christian Education Fellowship |
| CEF | Citizenship Education Fund |
| CEF | Contigency Expeditionary Force (US DoD) |
| CEF | Carbon Emission Factor |
| CEF | Chief Executive Forum |
| CEF | Certified Electroplater-Finisher (certification program) |
| CEF | Corps Expeditionaire Français (French: French Expeditionary Corps) |
| CEF | Common Executable Format (Microsoft) |
| CEF | Cable Entrance Facility |
| CEF | Comite Electrotechnique Francais |
| CEF | Civil Engineer Flight (AFSPC) |
| CEF | Westover Air Force Base (airport code, Chicopee Field) |
| CEF | Consolidated Exchange Feed |
| CEF | Centre Européen de Fret (French: European Center for Cargo; Mouguerre, France) |
| CEF | Cost Estimating Format (US FEMA) |
| CEF | China Expeditionary Force |
| CEF | Concurrent Engineering Facility |
| CEF | Collection Efficiency Function (microscope) |
| CEF | Civil Engineering Flight |
| CEF | Community Energy Fund |
| CEF | Colorado Energy Forum |
| CEF | Civil Engineering Faculty |
| CEF | Computing with Encrypted Function |
| CEF | Critical Experiments Facility |
| CEF | Centre d'Enseignement du Français (French: Center for Teaching French; various locations) |
| CEF | Collin Equality Foundation (Collin County Gay and Lesbian Alliance; Texas) |
| CEF | Channel Estimation Filter |
| CEF | Civil Engineering File |
| CEF | Centre d'Essai Ferroviaire (French: Railway Test Center) |
| CEF | Comité des Écoliers Francophones (Fench: Committee of Francophone School Children; Belgium) |
| CEF | Conventional and Experimental Facilities |
| CEF | Common Exchange Format |
| CEF | Common Equipment Facility |
| CEF | Christ's Elite Fighters (gaming clan) |
| CEF | Customer Equipment Form |
| CEF | Controlled Exposure Facility |
| CEF | Career Executive Force |
| CEF | Cluster Enhanced Filter |
| CEF | Captain Escort Forces (US Navy) |
| CEF | Centralized Environmental Facility |
| CEF | Capabilities Exposure Function (Sprint) |
| CEF | Centre Emploi Formation (French: Employment Training Center; Saint-Martin-de-Crau, France) |
| CEF | Comanche Era Fleet |
| CEF | Certificat d'Etudes Françaises (French: Certificate of French Studies) |
| CEF | Cost Efficiency Factor |
| CEF | Character Encoding Framework |
| CEF | Content Encryption Function |