CDF explained

CDF is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

Mathematics, science, and computers

• .cdf (formerly known as "AIA Format"), the ANDI/netCDF scientific data interchange file format
• Cation diffusion facilitator, transport protein
• Channel Definition Format, an XML standard
• Chip Description File, a genomic analysis file format
• Chlorinated dibenzofuran(s), a.k.a. polychlorinated dibenzofurans
• Cohen–Daubechies–Feauveau wavelet
• Collider Detector at Fermilab
• Comma-delimited format, now referred to as .csv (comma-separated values)
• Common Data Format, NASA software
• Composite Document File, a Microsoft compound document file format
• Compound Document Format, a set of W3C standards on a specific compound document format
• Computable Document Format, a format for interactive data visualizations
• Core Damage Frequency, a term used in probabilistic risk assessment for nuclear power plants
• Cumulative distribution function

Organizations

• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Canal del Fútbol (Chile)
• Ceylon Defence Force
• Chief of the Defence Force (disambiguation), position in multiple countries
• Children's Defense Fund (U.S.)
• Ciskei Defence Force
• "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)": former name of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF)
• Constituency Development Fund
• Cooperative Development Foundation (U.S.)
• Crypto Developers Forum

Transport

• Cardiff Central railway station, National Rail station code CDF
• Cortina Airport, Italy (IATA code CDF)

Other

• CDF Croisières de France, a cruise ship operator
• Chesapeake Detention Facility
• Clostridium difficile (bacteria)
• ESA's Concurrent Design Facility at ESTEC
• Congolese franc, the ISO 4217 code for the currency of the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Constructive developmental framework for psychological assessment
• Carlos Diego Ferreira, a Brazilian mixed martial artist