CPE may refer to:

Biochemistry

* Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, a "superbug" resistant to antibiotics *

Carboxypeptidase E Carboxypeptidase E (CPE), also known as carboxypeptidase H (CPH) and enkephalin convertase, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CPE'' gene. This enzyme catalyzes the release of C-terminal arginine or lysine residues from polypeptides ...

, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of neuropeptides and peptide hormones *

Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin Clostridium enterotoxins are toxins produced by ''Clostridium'' species. Clostridial species are one of the major causes of food poisoning/gastrointestinal illnesses. They are anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming rods that occur naturally in t ...

, a contributor to food poisoning *

Cytopathic effect Cytopathic effect or cytopathogenic effect (abbreviated CPE) refers to structural changes in host cells that are caused by viral invasion. The infecting virus causes lysis of the host cell or when the cell dies without lysis due to an inability to ...

, changes in cells caused by viruses *

Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element The cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) is a sequence element found in the 3' untranslated region of messenger RNA. While several sequence elements are known to regulate cytoplasmic polyadenylation, CPE is the best characterized. The most co ...

, an RNA sequence *

Chlorinated polyethylene Chlorinated polyethylene (PE-C or CPE) is an inexpensive variation of polyethylene, where chlorine is substituted for some of the hydrogen atoms. CPE has a chlorine content from 34 to 44%. Due to its soft, rubbery texture, CPE is added to polyvin ...

, a thermoplastic polymer *

Core promoter element In genetics, a promoter is a sequence of DNA to which proteins bind to initiate transcription of a single RNA transcript from the DNA downstream of the promoter. The RNA transcript may encode a protein (mRNA), or can have a function in and of i ...

, in DNA, initiating gene transcription

Telecommunications

Customer-premises equipment In telecommunications, a customer-premises equipment or customer-provided equipment (CPE) is any terminal and associated equipment located at a subscriber's premises and connected with a carrier's telecommunication circuit at the demarcation poi ...

, any equipment which is the property of the network operator and located on the customer premises

Science

* Carnian pluvial episode/event, a climatic episode and minor extinction-radiation event in the Triassic *

Carbon paste electrode A carbon-paste electrode (CPE) is made from a mixture of conducting graphite powder and a pasting liquid. These electrodes are simple to make and offer an easily renewable surface for electron exchange. Carbon paste electrodes belong to a special ...

, a special type of electrodes used in electrochemistry * Charged-particle equilibrium *

Computer engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...

* Constant phase element of an equivalent electrical circuit

Education

Certificate of Primary Education The Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) was an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of primary school. The exam last took place at the end of 2016 before it was replaced by the Primary School Achievement Certificate ...

, an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of primary school *

Certificate of Proficiency in English C2 Proficiency, previously known as Cambridge English: Proficiency and the Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), is an English language examination provided by Cambridge Assessment English (previously known as Cambridge English Language ...

, a general English exam provided by the University of Cambridge * Certified Professional Electrologist, board certification credential for permanent hair removal specialists *

Clinical pastoral education Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is education to teach spiritual care to clergy and others. CPE is the primary method of training hospital and hospice chaplains and spiritual care providers in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. C ...

, training in pastoral care for religious workers *

Common Professional Examination The Common Professional Examination/Postgraduate Diploma in Law (CPE/PGDL) is a postgraduate law course in England and Wales that is taken by non-law graduates (graduates who have a degree in a discipline that is not law or not a qualifying law ...

, a course which allows non-law graduates in England and Wales to convert to law after university *

Continuing professional education Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, attending conferences, and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive ...

, or continuing professional development, is the means by which professionals maintain and develop the qualities required in their working lives *

École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

(CPE Lyon), a French engineering school *

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education coordinates change and improvement in Kentucky's postsecondary education system as directed by the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997. The Council is a statewide coordinating age ...

Committee for Private Education The Committee for Private Education (CPE) is an agency under the SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and was previously a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore. The Singapore Workforce Development Agency and Council for Pri ...

, an accreditation body for private schools and tertiary education providers in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Business

* Centrally

planned economy A planned economy is a type of economic system where investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economy-wide economic plans and production plans. A planned economy may use centralized, decentralized, part ...

First Employment Contract The ''contrat première embauche'' (CPE; en, first employment contract) was a new form of employment contract pushed in spring 2006 in France by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. This employment contract, available solely to employees unde ...

(''contrat première embauche''), a French form of work contract, retracted by the government in Spring 2006 * Cost Per Enplanement, a term used in

commercial aviation Commercial aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves operating aircraft for remuneration or hire, as opposed to private aviation. Definition Commercial aviation is not a rigorously defined category. All commercial air transport and ae ...

regarding airport costs * Cost per engagement, an

online advertising Online advertising, also known as online marketing, Internet advertising, digital advertising or web advertising, is a form of marketing and advertising which uses the Internet to promote products and services to audiences and platform users. ...

selling model in which the vendor defines the "engagement" as form of currency or metric

Other uses

Chinese Pidgin English Chinese Pidgin English (also called Chinese Coastal English or Pigeon English; ) is a pidgin language lexically based on English, but influenced by a Chinese substratum. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, there was also Chinese Pidgin Englis ...

, a pidgin language spoken in parts of China in the 17th to 19th centuries. *

Common Platform Enumeration Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) is a structured naming scheme for information technology systems, software, and packages. Based upon the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI), CPE includes a formal name format, a method for checki ...

, a component of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) * Creative Power Entertaining, Chinese animation company * CPE, IATA airport code for

Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport , also known as Campeche International Airport, is an international airport located in Campeche City, Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the city of Cam ...

in Campeche, Mexico * ''Centristi per l'Europa'' (

Centrists for Europe Centrists for Europe ( it, Centristi per l'Europa, CpE) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party was launched, as Centrists for Italy (''Centristi per l'Italia'', CpI), by splinters from the Union of the Centre in December 2 ...

), an Italian political party *

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

(1714–1788), German Classical period musician and composer {{disambiguation