CQ may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''CQ'' (film), a 2001 film * '' La CQ'', a Cartoon Network sitcom *

Cinémathèque québécoise The Cinémathèque québécoise is a film conservatory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its purpose is to preserve, document, film and television footage and related documents and artifacts for future use by the public. The Cinémathèque's collectio ...

, a Montreal film museum

People

* CQ (playwright) or C. Quintana, a Cuban-American playwright, poet, and writer

Places

Central Queensland Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland ( a state in Australia) that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Capricorn Coas ...

(geographical division of

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

) *

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

, China (Guobiao abbreviation CQ) *

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

(FIPS Pub 10-4 or obsolete NATO digram CQ)

Publications

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CQ Amateur Radio ''CQ Amateur Radio'' (also known simply as ''CQ'' or ''CQ magazine'', and formerly as ''CQ: The Radio Amateur's Journal'') is a magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts first published in 1945. The English language edition is read worldwide; Spani ...

'' * ''

CQ ham radio ''CQ ham radio'' is a monthly amateur radio enthusiast magazine published in Japan. The magazine is published in Japanese and draws its subscription base primarily from Japan. The name of the magazine is derived from the international amate ...

'' *

CQ Press CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publishing, publishes books, directories, periodicals, and electronic products on American government and politics, with an expanding list in international affairs and journalism and mass communication. History Nelso ...

, a US publisher in government and politics *''

The China Quarterly ''The China Quarterly'' (CQ) is a British double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1960 on contemporary China and Taiwan. It is considered the most important research journal about China in the world and is published by the Cam ...

'', a journal published by Cambridge University Press *

Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress. CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined ...

, a US publishing company

Science and technology

Conjunctive query In database theory, a conjunctive query is a restricted form of first-order queries using the logical conjunction operator. Many first-order queries can be written as conjunctive queries. In particular, a large part of queries issued on relational ...

, in

relational database A relational database is a (most commonly digital) database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Many relatio ...

s and

database theory Database theory encapsulates a broad range of topics related to the study and research of the theoretical realm of databases and database management systems. Theoretical aspects of data management include, among other areas, the foundations of q ...

CQ (call) CQ is a code used by wireless operators, particularly those communicating in Morse code, (), but also by voice operators, to make a general call (called a ''CQ call''). Transmitting the letters ''CQ'' on a particular radio frequency is an invitat ...

, in radio communications, a general call, to anyone who receives it *

Norinco CQ The Type CQ is an unlicensed Chinese variant of the M16 rifle manufactured by Norinco. According to the Norinco website, the rifle is officially known as CQ 5.56. It can be distinguished from other AR-15 and M-16 pattern rifles by its long, r ...

, a variant of the AR-15 rifle * ''

Cissus quadrangularis Cissus quadrangularis is a perennial plant of the grape family. It is commonly known as veldt grape, winged treebine or adamant creeper. The species is native to tropical Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Africa. Description ''Cissus ...

'', medicinal plant from the grape family *

Adobe Experience Manager Adobe Experience Cloud (AEC), formerly Adobe Marketing Cloud (AMC), is a collection of integrated online marketing and web analytics products by Adobe Inc. History Adobe Experience Cloud includes a set of analytics, social, advertising, medi ...

, formerly CQ, a web content management system

Other uses

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Cadit quaestio ' is a Latin expression that is used as a legal term and in some other contexts. The expression literally translates as "the question (quaestio) falls (cadit)". In legal contexts, ''cadit quaestio'' is used to indicate that an issue is no longer i ...

'', Latin for "the question falls", in copy-editing means "has been checked" *

Carrier qualification Modern United States Navy aircraft carrier air operations include the operation of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft on and around an aircraft carrier for performance of combat or noncombat missions. The flight operations are highly evolved, ba ...

, qualifications for modern US Navy carrier air operations *

Charge of Quarters CQ or charge of quarters is a tasked duty in which a United States armed forces service member is to guard the front entrance to the barracks. In which the two service members, one a non-commissioned officer (NCO) and the other a junior enliste ...

, the military task of guarding the front entrance to a barracks *

Communication quotient Communication quotient (CQ; alternately called communication intelligence or CI) is the theory that communication is a behavior-based skill that can be measured and trained. CQ measures the ability of people to communicate effectively with one an ...

, in business and organizational psychology *

Constellation Airlines Constellation International Airlines was a Belgian airline that operated during the 1990s. Code data *IATA Code: CQ *ICAO Code: CIN *Callsign: CONSTELLATION History Constellation International Airlines S.A., was established on 27 May 1978 as U ...

(IATA airline designator CQ) * Cultural Quotient, in business, education, government and academic research *

Knight of the National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Governo ...

(post-nominal letters CQ) {{disambiguation