Cal or CAL may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Cal'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty * "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov * ''Cal'' (1984 film), an Irish drama starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren ** ''Cal'' (album), the soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler * ''Cal'' (2013 film), a British drama *

Judge Cal This is a list of characters in the British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in '' 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Major characters have their own art ...

, a fictional character in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic strip in ''2000 AD''

Aviation

Cal Air International Cal Air International was a charter airline that operated in the United Kingdom between 1985 and 1988. History Cal Air International was initially conceived in early 1982 after the sudden demise of Laker Airways which had left a large gap in ...

, an airline based in the United Kingdom * Campbeltown Airport IATA airport code * China Airlines ICAO airline code *

Continental Airlines Continental Airlines, simply known as Continental, was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continental started o ...

, an American airline with the New York Stock Exchange symbol of "CAL" * CAL Cargo Air Lines, a cargo airline based in Israel

Organizations and businesses

CAL Bank CalBank is a commercial bank in Ghana, that is licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the central bank and national banking regulator. Location The headquarters of CalBank and its main branch are located at 23 Independence Avenue, in the central bu ...

, a commercial bank in Ghana * Cal Yachts, originally the Jensen Marine Corporation, founded in 1957 * Center for Applied Linguistics, a non-profit organization that researches language and culture *

Cercle artistique de Luxembourg The Cercle artistique de Luxembourg (CAL), originally the Cercle artistique luxembourgeois, is an association founded in 1893 which brings together artists of all types with a view to supporting artistic work and art education in the Grand Duchy of ...

, an artist association in Luxembourg *

Coalition of African Lesbians The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) is a network that comprises 14 non-profit organizations that are spread across 10 different countries in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.{{Cite journal , last1=Ngubane , first1=Musa , last2=Frank , first2=L ...

, a non-profit organisation based in South Africa * Colorado Association of Libraries, professional association in Colorado *

Copyright Agency Ltd Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) is an Australian not-for-profit public company that facilitates reuse of copyrighted material by third parties, collecting fees and delivering the payments to the creators. Its business names include Viscopy, Rightsport ...

, an Australian copyright agency

People

* Cal (given name), a list of people *

Cal (surname) Cal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anita M. Cal (born 1966), American writer * David Cal (born 1982), Spanish sprint canoer * Kaye Cal (born 1989), Filipino singer-songwriter * Rafael Cal (born 1949), Mexican swimmer Se ...

, a list of people *

Cal (footballer) Carlos Alberto Matos Rodrigues (born 14 March 1996), commonly known as Cal, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Enosis ''Enosis'' ( el, Ένωσις, , "union") is the movement of various Greek communities that ...

(born 1996), Brazilian footballer *

John Calipari John Vincent Calipari (born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College C ...

(born 1959), American basketball coach often called "Coach Cal" or "Cal"

Places

* a short form of the state of California *

Cal Islet Cal Islet ( pt, Ilhéu da Cal, also: ''Ilhéu de Baixo'') is a small island about south of Porto Santo Island, in the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal. With an area of , Cal is the largest of six islets close to Porto Santo. The highest point is . ...

, in the Madeira Islands Archipelago of Portugal * Çal, a district and town in southwest Turkey

School-related

* University of California, Berkeley, often shortened to "Cal" **

California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...

, UC Berkeley's intercollegiate athletic program

Science and math

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Calanthe ''Calanthe'', commonly known as Christmas orchids, is a genus of about 220 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen or deciduous terrestrial plants with thick roots, small oval pseudobulbs, large corrugated leaves and upr ...

'', an orchid genus abbreviated cal. in horticulture *

Calcium hydroxide Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca( OH)2. It is a colorless crystal or white powder and is produced when quicklime (calcium oxide) is mixed or slaked with water. It has m ...

, also called cal *

Caliber In guns, particularly firearms, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel Gauge (firearms) , bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the f ...

, firearm barrel measurement * abbreviation for

calorie The calorie is a unit of energy. For historical reasons, two main definitions of "calorie" are in wide use. The large calorie, food calorie, or kilogram calorie was originally defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of on ...

, a unit of energy *

Cold Atom Laboratory The Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) is an experimental instrument on board the ISS, which launched in 2018. It creates an extremely cold microgravity environment in order to study behaviour of atoms in these conditions. Timeline The CAL was developed ...

, an instrument to research Bose-Einstein Condensates on the International Space Station

Software

C/AL C/AL (Client/server Application Language) was the programming language used within C/SIDE the Client/Server Integrated Development Environment in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Formerly known as Navision Attain) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Cen ...

, a programming language used with Microsoft Dynamics NAV * Cakewalk Application Language, a scripting language used with Cakewalk Pro Audio software * CAL Actor Language, a dataflow language *

Cal (application) Any.do is a productivity platform aimed at task and project management. It is available on mobile, web, and wearables with built-in integrations including calendars, chat applications, and virtual assistants. History Any.do was co-founded by O ...

, a former calendar app by Any.do * cal (command), a program on various operating systems that prints an ASCII calendar of the given month or year * CAL (programming language), a programming language based on JOSS * Client access license, operating systems and software license scheme * Cray Assembly Language, included with the Cray Operating System

Sports

* Cape Ann League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts, United States *

Cape-Atlantic League The Cape-Atlantic League (CAL) is an athletic conference consisting of both public high schools and non-public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, New Jersey. The Cape-Atlantic League ...

, a high school athletic conference in New Jersey, United States * Cyberathlete Amateur League, online electronic sports league

Other uses

* Calipatria State Prison, California, United States * Capital allocation line, a graph to measure risk *

Carolinian language Carolinian is an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands, but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is an official language (as well as English) of the Carolinian people. Carolinian is a threatened language according to t ...

ISO 639-3 code *

FN CAL The CAL (''Carabine Automatique Légère'') was a Belgium, Belgian weapon manufactured by Fabrique Nationale. It was the first 5.56 mm rifle produced by the Fabrique Nationale. It resembled the company's highly successful FN FAL, but was an ...

, an assault rifle made by the Belgian firm FN (Fabrique Nationale) *

Cincinnati Academic League Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (CSTCC or Cincinnati State) is a public technical and community college in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. History Chartered by the Ohio Board of Regents in ...

, a high school quiz bowl league