CRC may refer to:

Science and technology

* Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse, an event at the end of the Carboniferous period *

Class-responsibility-collaboration card Class-responsibility-collaboration (CRC) cards are a brainstorming tool used in the design of object-oriented software. They were originally proposed by Ward Cunningham and Kent Beck as a teaching tool but are also popular among expert designersMar ...

, used as a brainstorming tool in the design of object-oriented software *

Clinical research coordinator A Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) is a person responsible for conducting clinical trials using good clinical practice (GCP) under the auspices of a Principal Investigator (PI). ''Good clinical practices principles'' have been defined by Madelen ...

, responsible for conducting clinical trials * Colorectal cancer, the development of cancer in the colon or rectum *

CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (the CRC, formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment) was a mandatory carbon emissions reduction scheme in the United Kingdom which applied to large energy-intensive organisations in the public and private sectors. ...

, formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment, a UK wide scheme designed to increase energy efficiency in large energy users * '' CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics'', a reference manual published by CRC Press * Cyclic redundancy check, a type of hash function used to produce a checksum in order to detect errors in data storage or transmission

Organizations

* California Rehabilitation Center, a state prison in the United States Of America *

Canadian Red Cross The Canadian Red Cross Society ()Capital Research Center, an American conservative non-profit organization *

Central Revolutionary Committee The Central Revolutionary Committee (french: Comité révolutionnaire central, CRC) was a French Blanquist political party founded in 1881 and dissolved in 1898. The CRC was founded by Édouard Vaillant to continue the political struggle of Augu ...

(French: Comité révolutionnaire central), an extinct French political party *

Civilian Response Corps The Civilian Response Corps (sometimes referred to as CRC) is a program of the United States Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS). The Civilian Response Corps is currently a group of federal ...

, deployable American federal civilian employees who provide reconstruction and stabilization assistance *

Commission for Rural Communities The Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) was established as a division of England's Countryside Agency on 1 April 2005, and became a non-departmental public body on 1 October 2006, following the enactment of the Natural Environment and Rural Co ...

, a United Kingdom public body *

Committee on the Rights of the Child The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a body of experts that monitor and report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee also monitors the Convention's three optional protoc ...

, which reports on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child **

Convention on the Rights of the Child The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Co ...

, of the United Nations *

Communications Research Centre Canada The Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC; french: Centre de recherches sur les communications Canada) is a Canadian government scientific laboratory for research and development in wireless technologies, with a particular focus on the effic ...

, an agency of Industry Canada *

Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group The Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group (french: groupe communiste, républicain, citoyen et ecologiste) is a parliamentary group in the French Senate, the indirectly elected upper house of the French Parliament. Unlike most other p ...

, a French parliamentary group *

Community Rehabilitation Company Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) was the term given to a private-sector supplier of Probation and Prison-based rehabilitative services for offenders in England and Wales. A number of CRCs were established in 2015 as part of the Ministry of J ...

, a private-sector suppliers of offender rehabilitation services in England and Wales * Constitutional Research Council, a Unionist, pro-Brexit funding organisation in Scotland and Northern Ireland *

Control and Reporting Centre A Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) is according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff publication 1.02 defined as – ''A subordinated air control element of the tactical air control centre for which radar control and warning operations are conducted wi ...

, part of the Air Force control and reporting system in most NATO countries *

Civil Rights Congress The Civil Rights Congress (CRC) was a United States civil rights organization, formed in 1946 at a national conference for radicals and disbanded in 1956. It succeeded the International Labor Defense, the National Federation for Constitutional Li ...

, a United States civil rights organization from 1946 until 1956

Religion

CRC Churches International CRC Churches International, formerly known as the Christian Revival Crusade, is a Pentecostal Protestant Christian denomination founded in New Zealand and Australia by Leo Harris in Adelaide, South Australia, with assistance from Thomas Fos ...

, a Pentecostal Protestant Christian denomination located primarily in Australasia *

Central Rabbinical Congress The Central Rabbinical Congress (in full: Central Rabbinical Congress of the US and Canada, commonly abbreviated to CRC; he, התאחדות הרבנים דארצות הברית וקנדא, Hisachdus HaRabbonim DeArtzos HaBris VeCanada) is a rabb ...

, a Haredi group *

Chicago Rabbinical Council The Chicago Rabbinical Council (or cRc) is the largest regional Orthodox rabbinical organization in America, located in Chicago, Illinois. The cRc is a non-profit offering a wide variety of Jewish services, including kosher product supervision an ...

Christian Reformed Church (disambiguation) Christian Reformed Church may refer to: *Christian Reformed Churches (Netherlands), a Protestant church in the Netherlands *Christian Reformed Church in North America, a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada *Christian Re ...

Christian Revival Church The Christian Revival Church (CRC) is Full Gospel in Faith, Evangelical in Practice (Ministry), Pentecostal in Movement & Charismatic in Worship (triune prayers: confession, resist/cast devils/demons and ask of blessing or oneness tongue praise & ...

, a Charismatic, Pentecostal and holistic Evangelical movement group *

Ligue de la contre-réforme catholique The League for Catholic Counter-Reformation (french: Ligue de la contre-réforme catholique, CRC) is a nationalist and ultramontane organization founded in 1967 by Georges de Nantes, a former abbot who was suspended ''a divinis'' (from administeri ...

Education and research

Cambridge Regional College Cambridge Regional College is a mixed further education college in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suff ...

, a further education college *

Center for Research and Communication The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P; Filipino: ''Pamantasan ng Asya at Pasipiko'') is a private university in the Philippines. It traces its beginnings to the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), which was established on August 1 ...

, a Philippine think-tank that later became the University of Asia and the Pacific *

Cooperative Research Centre Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) are an Australian Federal Government program and are key bodies for Australian scientific research. The Cooperative Research Centres Programme was established in 1990 to enhance Australia's industrial, comme ...

, a type of hybrid academic/industry research body existing in Australia * Cosumnes River College, a two-year community college in Sacramento, California * Crowley's Ridge College, a Christian college in Paragould, Arkansas * Cyclotron Research Center and Cyclotron Resource Center, particle accelerator complex at the University of Louvain, Belgium *

Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center The Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center (abbreviated CRC, formerly known as the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center and the Georgia Tech Student Athletic Center) is part of the Georgia Tech campus. History Georgia Tech's athletic center began at its ...

, the Rec center at Georgia Tech

Companies

* California Resources Corporation, a petroleum and natural gas company *

Chicago Recording Company Chicago Recording Company, or CRC, is a recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1975. Boasting twelve studios, CRC is the largest recording company in the Midwest, and the largest independent studio in the country. History Early histor ...

, a recording studio in Chicago * China Record Corporation, a large record company, based in Beijing *

China Resources China Resources Holdings Company Limited (), or simply China Resources, is a Chinese state-owned conglomerate that owns a variety of businesses in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Some of its subsidiaries use the name in the form of the acronym CR ...

(operated CRC Supermarkets) *

China Resources Cement China Resources Cement Holdings Limited (CRC) (), parented by China Resources, is a leading cement and concrete producer in Southern China. It is the largest NSP clinker and cement producer in Southern China by production capacity and the second l ...

, a cement company parented by China Resources *

Columbia Record Club Columbia House was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records' mail-order music clubs, the primary iteration of which was the Columbia Record Club, established in 1955. The Columbia House brand was introduced in the early 1970s by Columbia Records ...

, a mail-order music club offered by Columbia Records * CRC-Evans, a pipeline-construction company owned by Stanley Black & Decker *

CRC Health Group CRC Health Group is a subsidiary of Bain Capital that considers itself to be the "leading provider of treatment and educational programs for adults and youth" in the United States. Daniel Newby and Dr. Barry Karlin founded the company in 1995 when ...

, provider of addiction treatment and educational programs for adults and youth *

CRC Industries CRC Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial chemicals for maintenance and repair of marine, electrical, industrial, automotive and aviation equipment. History It was founded in 1958 after a verbal agreement between Rocket Ch ...

, a worldwide manufacturer of specialist industrial chemicals * CRC Press, publisher, originally the Chemical Rubber Company

Places

* Costa Rica (FIFA and IOC code) *

Camp Red Cloud Camp Red Cloud (CRC, ko, 캠프 레드 클라우드) was a United States Army camp located in the city of Uijeongbu, between Seoul and the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). CRC is being returned to the South Korean government. The installation w ...

, a US Army Camp in Uijeongbu, South Korea

Sports

* Canadian Rally Championship, a rally racing tournament *

Canadian Rugby Championship The Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC) (french: Championnat provincial du Canada de rugby à XV) was a Canadian amateur rugby union competition, partially funded by the World Rugby. It was the highest level of men's domestic rugby in Canada. Four ...

, a rugby union tournament * Capablanca Random Chess, a 10x8 chess variant *

Collegiate Rugby Championship The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) is an annual college rugby sevens tournament. The CRC is the highest profile college rugby sevens competition in the United States, with the tournament broadcast live on NBC from 2010–2017, on ESPN News an ...

, a rugby sevens tournament *

Canadian Ringette Championships Canadian Ringette Championships, ''(french: Championnats Canadien d'Ringuette)'', sometimes abbreviated ''CRC'', is Canada's annual premiere national ringette tournament for the best ringette players and teams in the country. It encompasses three a ...

, a ringette tournament

Other uses

Canada Research Chair Canada Research Chair (CRC) is a title given to certain Canadian university research professors by the Canada Research Chairs Program. Program goals The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 as a part of the Government of Canada ...

, Canadian university research professorships *

Costa Rican colón The colón (plural: ''colones''; sign: ₡; code: CRC) is the currency of Costa Rica. It was named after Christopher Columbus, known as ''Cristóbal Colón'' in Spanish. A colón is divided into one hundred céntimos. Symbol The symbol for ...

, the currency of Costa Rica, by ISO 4217 code * Crc (protein), catabolite repression control protein * Criminal record check