| Acronym | Definition |
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| CDF | Channel Definition Format (Microsoft) |
| CDF | Comma Delimited Format (filename extension) |
| CDF | CAN (Controller Area Network) Data Frame |
| CDF | Cumulative Distribution Function (probabilities, statistics) |
| CDF | Children's Defense Fund |
| CDF | Coupe de France (French: French Cup; association football competition) |
| CDF | California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection |
| CDF | Community Development Foundation |
| CDF | Congolese Franc (currency of Congo-Kinshasa) |
| CDF | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (religious organization) |
| CDF | Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| CDF | Croisières de France (French: Cruises of France; Royal Caribbean) |
| CDF | Common Data Format |
| CDF | Comprehensive Development Framework |
| CDF | Constituency Development Fund |
| CDF | Charles Darwin Foundation (Ecuador) |
| CDF | Concurrent Design Facility (European Space Agency) |
| CDF | Community Development Fund |
| CDF | Confined Disposal Facility |
| CDF | Custom Defined Function |
| CDF | Comma Delimited Format |
| CDF | Channel Definition Format |
| CDF | Cumulative Distribution Function |
| CDF | Context Dependent File |
| CDF | Composite Display Flag |
| CDF | Cutoff Decrease Factor |
| CDF | Chandra Deep Field (satellite image) |
| CDF | Cooperative Development Foundation |
| CDF | Comité des Fêtes (French: Festival Committee) |
| CDF | Cumulative Density Function (probability theory) |
| CDF | Church Development Fund |
| CDF | Celiac Disease Foundation |
| CDF | Corporate Design Foundation |
| CDF | Currency Declaration Form (India) |
| CDF | Chief of Defence Force (various armed forces) |
| CDF | Cultural Development Fund (Ministry of Culture, Egypt) |
| CDF | Career Development Facilitator |
| CDF | Chiru (SIL code, India) |
| CDF | Core Damage Frequency |
| CDF | Configuration Data File (computing) |
| CDF | Collège de France (French: College of France) |
| CDF | Charbonnages de France (French: Coal Mines in France; trade organization) |
| CDF | Civil Defense Force |
| CDF | Capital Development Fund (UN) |
| CDF | Credit and Development Forum |
| CDF | Constructional Data Form (manufacturing) |
| CDF | Chirurgien Dentiste de France (French: Dental Surgeon in France) |
| CDF | Controlled Density Fill (concrete) |
| CDF | Colonial Defense Force |
| CDF | Club Dinky France (French die-cast toy club) |
| CDF | Cyberspace Description Format |
| CDF | Compound Document Framework |
| CDF | Custom Data Field |
| CDF | Charging Data Function |
| CDF | Chlorinated Dibenzofuran |
| CDF | Chrétiens Démocrates Francophones (Belgium) |
| CDF | Cadmium Fluoride |
| CDF | Co-Operative Development Foundation (Canada) |
| CDF | Central Detention Facility (various Department of Corrections and Prisons) |
| CDF | Cohen-Daubechies-Feauveau (wavelet families) |
| CDF | Computing Disciplines Facility |
| CDF | Corporate Directors Forum |
| CDF | Combined Distribution Frame |
| CDF | Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger (law firm; California) |
| CDF | Commission des Finances |
| CDF | Campaign Drug Free |
| CDF | Cargo Deployment Function |
| CDF | Cidofovir |
| CDF | Child Development & Family |
| CDF | Conservation and Development Forum |
| CDF | Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship (various organizations) |
| CDF | Chlorodibenzofuran |
| CDF | Component Description Format |
| CDF | Center for the Digital Future (USC Annenberg School for Communication; Los Angeles, CA) |
| CDF | Czech Donors Forum (Czech Republic) |
| CDF | Consumer Direct Fulfillment |
| CDF | Combat Direction Finding |
| CDF | Cornwall Disability Forum |
| CDF | Cell Development and Function |
| CDF | Congo Defense Fund |
| CDF | Canadian Dermatology Foundation |
| CDF | Clinical Disputes Forum |
| CDF | Confined Detonating Fuse |
| CDF | Capabilities Declaration Form (HDMI testing) |
| CDF | Cú de Ferro |
| CDF | Chemical Dictionary File |
| CDF | Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales (de la Unión Europea) |
| CDF | Circus Day Foundation |
| CDF | Chemical-Agent Disposal Facility |
| CDF | Catalog Data Format |
| CDF | Cadmium Free |
| CDF | Customer Damage Function |
| CDF | Conservative Discussion Forum |
| CDF | Cheshire Disabilities Federation |
| CDF | Cercle Dramatique Français (French: French Drama Group) |
| CDF | Combined Disposal Facility |
| CDF | Circuit Design Fabrication (NASA) |
| CDF | Competitiveness Development Fund (UK) |
| CDF | Cortina d'Ampezzo Fiames Italy (airport code) |
| CDF | Charlottesville Downtown Foundation |
| CDF | Central Data Facility |
| CDF | Cable Distribution Frame (NASA) |
| CDF | Cross Domain Facility |
| CDF | Children's Dream Foundation |
| CDF | Committees for the Defence of Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms (Syria) |
| CDF | Cool-Down Facility (NASA) |
| CDF | Canine Defense Fund |
| CDF | Contractor Development Facility |
| CDF | Climatisation Diffusion Filtration (French: Air Conditioning Diffusion Filtering) |
| CDF | Cognitive Dimensions Framework |
| CDF | Component Definition File (filename extension) |
| CDF | Core DIS Facility |
| CDF | Communications Data Field |
| CDF | Confined Detonating Fuze |
| CDF | Central Destruction Facility |
| CDF | Communications Data Formatter |
| CDF | Circuito Diretto Fonia |
| CDF | Corellian Defence Forces (Star Wars) |
| CDF | Colorado Drug Formulary |
| CDF | Classified Destruction Facility |
| CDF | Chemical Demilitarization Facility |
| CDF | Crash Dump Facility |
| CDF | Class Determination and Findings |
| CDF | Cold Dead Fish, Inc. |
| CDF | Cable Distribution Facility |
| CDF | Controller Development Facility |
| CDF | Charge Directional Fragmentation (Mine; weapons) |
| CDF | Complexity Distortion Function |
| CDF | Computer Derived Format |
| CDF | Current Divider Formula (electronics) |
| CDF | Capabilities Development Framework |
| CDF | Cost Documentation Format |
| CDF | Corneal Dystrophy Foundation (San Jose, CA; est. 1998) |
| CDF | Connaissance et Découverte de la France (French: Knowledge and Discovery of France; animation company) |
| CDF | continuous discount factor |