| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CDE | California Department of Education |
| CDE | Cutest Dog Ever |
| CDE | Cornell Dubilier Electronics (Liberty, SC) |
| CDE | Certified Diabetes Educator |
| CDE | Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant |
| CDE | Cats, Dogs and Everything |
| CDE | Colorado Department of Education |
| CDE | Career Development Event |
| CDE | Chronic Dry Eye (disorder) |
| CDE | Child Development and Education (various locations) |
| CDE | Canadian Dollar Equivalent |
| CDE | Cartoon Doll Emporium |
| CDE | Common Desktop Environment (Unix) |
| CDE | Centre for Development and Environment (Germany) |
| CDE | Common Data Element (clinical research) |
| CDE | Continuing Dental Education |
| CDE | Concept Development and Experimentation |
| CDE | Consiglio d'Europa (Italian) |
| CDE | Council for Democratic Elections (Europe) |
| CDE | Cooperative Development Environment (Oracle) |
| CDE | Centre for Development and Enterprise (South Africa) |
| CDE | Cardholder Data Environment |
| CDE | Center for Distance Education (various locations) |
| CDE | Call Detail Element |
| CDE | Common Data Element |
| CDE | Core Data Element |
| CDE | Computer Desktop Encyclopedia |
| CDE | Certified Directory Engineer |
| CDE | Compact Disc Erasable |
| CDE | Common Desktop Environment |
| CDE | C Development Environment |
| CDE | Cool Desktop Environment |
| CDE | Content Delivery Engine |
| CDE | Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation |
| CDE | Canadian Development Expense (tax provision) |
| CDE | Collateral Damage Estimation (US DoD) |
| CDE | Collateral Damage Estimate |
| CDE | Continuing Dispatch Education |
| CDE | Complex Data Entry |
| CDE | Community Development Enterprise (various organizations) |
| CDE | Combined Driving Event |
| CDE | Collaborative Decision Environment |
| CDE | Centre pour le Développement de l'Entreprise (French: Center for the Development of Enterprise) |
| CDE | Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (Dominican Republic) |
| CDE | Committed Dose Equivalent |
| CDE | Critical Driving Error (driving test) |
| CDE | Commander Directed Evaluation (US DoD) |
| CDE | Certified Document Examiner (forensics) |
| CDE | Centre du Droit de l'Entreprise (French: Business Law Center) |
| CDE | Convention des Nations Unies relative aux Droits de l'Enfant (French) |
| CDE | Conference on Disarmament in Europe |
| CDE | Centro de Documentação Europeia (Portugal) |
| CDE | Computer Design Engineer |
| CDE | Cable Discharge Event |
| CDE | Comptoir des Entrepreneurs (French housing industry financial institution) |
| CDE | Compact Disk - Erasable |
| CDE | Computer Desktop Encyclopedia (Computer Language Company, Inc.) |
| CDE | Commercial Derivative Engine |
| CDE | Collège Doctoral Européen (French: European Doctoral College) |
| CDE | Choline-Deficient Ethionine (supplemented diet) |
| CDE | Club des Éleveurs Amateurs d'Oiseaux Exotiques (French: Amateur Breeders of Exotic Birds Club) |
| CDE | Certified Data Educator |
| CDE | Common Duct Exploration (cholecystectomy) |
| CDE | Concertation, Décision, Environnement (French: Consultation, Decision, Environment) |
| CDE | Common Data Environment |
| CDE | Chaudronnerie de l'Est (French boiler and storage tank producer) |
| CDE | Contents Directory Entry |
| CDE | Center for Distance Education and Independent Learning (University of Alaska Fairbanks) |
| CDE | Call Detail Element (Cisco) |
| CDE | Caledonia Airport (Panama) |
| CDE | Conference on Electron Devices |
| CDE | Chemical Dry Etch (semiconductor manufacturing method) |
| CDE | Comédie de l'Est (French: Comedy from the East; acting troupe) |
| CDE | Commission Départementale d'Equipement (French: Departmental Equipment Committee) |
| CDE | Center for Directed Energy |
| CDE | Collective Dose Equivalent |
| CDE | Command Document End (ITU-T) |
| CDE | Card Data Entry |
| CDE | Core Deployable Element |
| CDE | Central De-Detector |
| CDE | Combat Development Engineering |
| CDE | Certificate in Data Education |
| CDE | Clinical Documentation Excellence |
| CDE | Children Designing & Engineering (curriculum development project) |
| CDE | Conseil des Délégués des Élèves (French: Board of Student Representatives) |
| CDE | City Document Exchange |
| CDE | Control Device Evaluation |
| CDE | Concept Design and Evaluation |
| CDE | Claim Data Entry (insurance) |
| CDE | Configuration & Data Engineer |
| CDE | Collision Detect Electronics |
| CDE | Clock Detect East |
| CDE | Chemical Defense Equipment/Establishment |
| CDE | CART (Clouds and Radiation Testbed) Data Environment (US Department of Energy) |
| CDE | Comité Départementale d'Equitation (French: Departmental Riding Committee; French Equestrian Federation) |
| CDE | Centre of Drug Evaluation (Drug Administration Law of SFDA of China) |