CPL

CPL or Cpl may refer to:

Organizations

• CPFL Energia (NYSE: CPL), the largest non state-owned group of electric energy generation and distribution in Brazil
• CPL Aromas, a British fragrance company formerly known as Contemporary Perfumers Limited
• CPL Resources, a resourcing/placement company based in Dublin

Libraries

• Calgary Public Library, the public library system serving Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Chicago Public Library, the public library system that serves the city of Chicago, Illinois, US
• Cleveland Public Library, the public library system that serves the city of Cleveland, Ohio, US
• Coquitlam Public Library, the public library system serving Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Science and technology

• Caprolactam, an organic compound with the formula (CH₂)₅C(O)NH
• Chemical Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed scientific journal
• Chinese Physics Letters, an open access scientific journal published in China, from the Chinese Physical Society
• Circular polarizing filter, a type of photographic filter
• Crackle Photolithography, a kind of cost efficient photolithography process using random crack template as mask.

Computing

• Call-Processing Language, a language that can be used to describe and control Internet telephony services
• Characters per line, the maximal number of monospaced characters that may appear on a single line
• Command Programming Language, a scripting language used by the PRIMOS operating system
• Common Public License, a free software/open-source software license published by IBM
• Complementary pass-transistor logic, one of many logic families of pass transistor logic used in the design of integrated circuits
• Composition Playlist, a file that defines the playback order of a Digital Cinema Package
• .cpl files, the Control Panel applets in Microsoft Windows
• CPL (programming language), a multi-paradigm programming language
• Current privilege level, of a task or program on x86 CPUs

Sports

• Canadian Premier League, a men's professional soccer league at the highest level in Canada
  • CPL Shield, a trophy awarded at the conclusion of each regular season
• Caribbean Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket league
• Coastal Plain League, a wood-bat collegiate summer league
• Coastal Plain League (Class D), a former minor league baseball affiliation
• Cyberathlete Professional League, a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video game competitions

Other uses

• Centre for Professional Learning, on the Campus The Hague of Leiden University, Netherlands
• Cents Per Line, a measurement of how much transcriptionists are paid for their work
• Certified Professional Landman, the highest designation offered to landmen in the oil/gas industry by the American Association of Professional Landmen
• Certified Professional Locksmith, a trade qualification awarded to members of the Associated Locksmiths of America
• Clavis Patrum Latinorum, a numbered list of the Latin authors in the Corpus Christianorum
• Codices Palatini latini, the Latin section of the medieval manuscript collection in the Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg.
• Color position light, a type of North American railroad signal
• Commercial pilot licence, a qualification that permits the holder to act and be paid as an aircraft pilot
• Concealed Pistol License, a permit for concealed carry in the United States
• Contemporary Pictorial Literature, a 1970s comic book fanzine published by the CPL Gang
• Continuous pressure laminate, decorative laminate produced using pressure in a continuous process
• Corporal (Cpl or CPL), a rank in use in some form by most militaries and some police forces
• Cost per Lead, an online advertising pricing model
• Criminal procedure law

See also

• Communist Party of Latvia (Latvian: LKP), a former political party in Latvia
• Communist Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: LKP), a former political party in Lithuania
• Communist Party of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish and German: KPL, French: PCL), a political party in Luxembourg