| Acronym | Definition |
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| CIST | Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) |
| CIST | Conference on Information Systems and Technology |
| CIST | Common and Internal Spanning Tree (IEEE Std 802.1s-2002) |
| CIST | Counterintelligence Screening Test (US DoD) |
| CIST | Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism |
| CIST | Center for Information Security Technology |
| CIST | College of Integrated Science and Technology (James Madison University) |
| CIST | Center for Information Science and Technology (Nepal and India) |
| CIST | Centre d'Ingénierie Système Transport (French: Transportation System Engineering Center) |