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English
Pronunciation
(acronym; soft "c", central information display):
Noun
CID (countable and uncountable, plural CIDs)
- caller identification; a feature that identifies the phone number of the caller.
- Abbreviation of combat identification; compare IFF.
- Acronym of center/centre instrument display.
- Initialism of criminal investigation/investigative division/department.
- (automotive) Initialism of cubic inches displacement; cubic inches of displacement.
Proper noun
CID
- (British, law enforcement, initialism) Scotland Yard Criminal Investigation Department
- (US, military, law enforcement, initialism) U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
- (US, military, law enforcement, initialism) Former name of NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigation Division).
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Italian
Noun
CID f
- (medicine) initialism of coagulazione intravascolare disseminata; DIC.