Car (disambiguation) explained

A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers.

Car(s), CAR(s), or The Car(s) may also refer to:

Computing

• C.a.R. (Z.u.L.), geometry software
• CAR and CDR, commands in LISP computer programming
• Clock with Adaptive Replacement, a page replacement algorithm
• Computer-assisted reporting
• Computer-assisted reviewing

Economics

• Capital adequacy ratio, a ratio of a bank's capital to its risk
• Cost accrual ratio, an accounting formula
• Cumulative abnormal return
• Cumulative average return, a financial concept related to the time value of money

Film and television

• Cars (franchise), a Disney/Pixar film series
  • Cars (film), a 2006 animated film from Disney and Pixar
• The Car (1977 film), an American horror film
• Car, a BBC Two television ident first aired in 1993 (see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents)
• The Car (1997 film), a Malayalam film
• "The Car" (The Amazing World of Gumball episode)
• "The Car" (The Assistants episode)

Literature

• Car (magazine), a British auto-enthusiast publication
• The Car (novel), a novel by Gary Paulsen

Military

• Canadian Airborne Regiment, a Canadian Forces formation
• Colt Automatic Rifle, a 5.56mm NATO firearm
• Combat Action Ribbon, a United States military decoration
• U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System, a 1950s reorganisation of the regiments of the US Army
• Conflict Armament Research, a UK-based investigative organization that tracks the supply of armaments into conflict-affected areas

Music

• The Cars, an American band

Albums

• Peter Gabriel (1977 album) or Car
• The Cars (album), a 1978 album by The Cars
• Cars (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2006 film
• Cars (Now, Now Every Children album), 2009
• Cars, a 2011 album by Kris Delmhorst
• C.A.R. (album), a 2012 album by Serengeti
• The Car (album), a 2022 album by Arctic Monkeys

Songs

• "The Car" (song), a song by Jeff Carson
• "Cars" (song), a 1979 single by Gary Numan
• "Car", a 1994 song by Built to Spill from There's Nothing Wrong with Love

Paintings

• Cars (painting), a series of paintings by Andy Warhol
• The Car (Brack), a 1955 painting by John Brack

People

• Car (surname)
• Cars (surname)

Places

• Car, Azerbaijan, a village
• Čar, a village in Serbia
• Cars, Gironde, France, a commune
• Les Cars, Haute-Vienne, France, a commune
• Central African Republic
• Central Asian Republics
• Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines
• County Carlow, Ireland, Chapman code

Science

• Canonical anticommutation relation
• Carina (constellation)
• Chimeric antigen receptor, artificial T cell receptors
• Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
• Constitutive androstane receptor
• Cortisol awakening response, on waking from sleep
• Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor, a protein

Sports

• Carolina Hurricanes, a National Hockey League team
• Carolina Panthers, a National Football League team
• Club Always Ready, a Bolivian football club from La Paz
• Rugby Africa, formerly known as Confederation of African Rugby

Transportation

• Railroad car
• Canada Atlantic Railway, 1879–1914
• Canadian Atlantic Railway, 1986–1994
• Carlisle railway station's station code
• Car, the cab of an elevator
• Car, a tram, streetcar, or trolley car
• Carrum railway station, station code CAR

Other uses

Car

• Car (Greek myth), one or two figures in Greek mythology
• Car language, an Austroasiatic language of the Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean
• car, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 codes of the Carib language, spoken by the Kalina people of South America
• Cars (video game), a 2006 video game based on the film
• Chimeric antigen receptor, a type of protein engineered to give T cells the ability to target a specific protein

CAR

• Canadian Aviation Regulations
• Avis Budget Group (Nasdaq: CAR)
• CAR Group (Australian Stock Exchange: CAR)
• Central apparatus room, an equipment room found at broadcasting facilities
• Children of the American Revolution, a genealogical society
• French: [[Comité d'Action pour la Renouveau]] or Action Committee for Renewal, a political party of Togo
• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, body founded by the Australian Government in 1991 as part of its Reconciliation in Australia policy
• Council for Aboriginal Rights (1951–1980s), Victoria, Australia
• Criminal Appeal Reports, law reports in the United Kingdom

See also

• Carr (disambiguation)
• CARS (disambiguation)
• Le Car (disambiguation)
• iCAR (disambiguation)