Cat (disambiguation)

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Cat most commonly refers to the domestic cat, Felis catus, or Felis silvestris catus

Cat may also refer to:

Animals

Any member of the Felidae, the biological family of the cats, including pantherine species like leopards, jaguar, lions and tigers, but also smaller genera, like caracal, cheetah, lynx, pumas, wildcats

Cat Anderson (1916–1981), American jazz trumpeter
Cat Cora (born 1968), American chef
Cat Deeley (born 1976), English television presenter, actress, singer and model
Cat Doucet (1899-1975), American politician and sheriff
Cat Glover, American choreographer, dancer and singer
Cat Osterman (born 1983), American former collegiate softball pitcher
Cat Power (born 1972), stage name of American singer, songwriter and musician Charlyn Marie Marshall
Cat Rambo (born 1963), American writer and editor
Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou in 1948), stage name of singer Yusuf Islam
Cat Whitehill (born 1982), American soccer player and coach
Cat Zingano (born 1982), American mixed martial arts fighter
Nickname for Catherine or Katherine (given name)

Cat (comics), a list of various characters
Cat (Red Dwarf), on the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf
Cat MacKenzie, on the UK soap opera Family Affairs
Cat Valentine (Sam & Cat), on the Nickelodeon television series Sam & Cat
Cat Valentine (Victorious), on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious
Title character of the 1965 Western comedy film Cat Ballou, played by Jane Fonda
Holly Golightly's cat in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's
The blue cat character from Peg + Cat
Cat, on the Nickelodeon series, CatDog

Cat state, a special quantum state
Catalytic converter, colloquially named cat, a component of the exhaust system of a vehicle
Cat, the category of small categories in category theory
cat (Unix), a standard Unix utility that concatenates and lists files
Canon Cat, a desktop computer
Novation CAT, a series of early home computers

The Cat o' nine tails or similar multi-tail flogging instrument
Cat (zodiac), a Vietnamese sign
Cat Records, a short-lived subsidiary of Atlantic Records specializing in R&B music
Cat Records (TK label) (1969–1980), a defunct record label unrelated to the above
Catalan language, a European language, ISO 639 code cat
.cat, top-level domain to highlight the Catalan language and culture
Street name for the drug methcathinone

CAT Telecom, a telecom operator in Thailand
Cambridge Antibody Technology, a biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, England
Caterpillar Inc., a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, turbines and engines
Centre for Alternative Technology, an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, UK

Cognitive Abilities Test, a standardized test of a child's ability to learn
Common Admission Test, an entrance exam conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management
Computerized adaptive testing, a method for administering tests

CAT (phototypesetter), Computer Assisted Typesetter, a phototypesetter developed by Graphic Systems in 1972
CAT(k) space, a specific type of metric space in mathematics
Catadioptric system, an optical system, informally a cat, particularly in telescopes
Catalase, an enzyme
Cherenkov Array at Themis, an atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope dedicated to gamma-ray astronomy
Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, an enzyme
Cognitive analytic therapy, a psychological therapy
Communication accommodation theory, the theory that when people interact they adjust their behaviour to accommodate to others
Computed axial tomography or CAT scan, a medical imaging X-ray technology
Conidial anastomosis tubes, specialised hyphae emerging from some asexual fungal spores
Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope, an astronomical telescope
CAT, a type of measurement category in electrical circuits

Canby Area Transit, a public transit agency serving Canby, Oregon, USA and vicinity
Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg), a public transit agency serving the Harrisburg region, Pennsylvania, USA
Capital Area Transit (Raleigh), a public transit agency serving the Raleigh region, North Carolina, USA
Center for Appropriate Transport, an American community center for bicycles and alternative transport
Charlottesville Area Transit, the mass transportation provider in Albemarle County, Virginia
Chatham Area Transit, a public transit agency serving the Savannah region, Georgia, USA
City Airport Train, a public transit agency serving between the city and the airport of Vienna, Austria
Civil Air Transport, a Chinese airline from 1946 to 1976, in later years owned by the CIA
Clear-air turbulence, a kind of turbulence that is potentially dangerous for air transport
Clemson Area Transit, a public transit agency serving the Clemson region, South Carolina, USA
Collier Area Transit public transportation system in Collier County, Florida
Perth Central Area Transit, free public-transport buses in Perth, Australia
A bus agency in Camarillo, California

CAT (magazine), an international civil simulation and training journal
Canadian Army Trophy, a NATO tank gunnery competition
Central Africa Time, a time zone used in central and southern Africa
Certified Accounting Technician, a qualification recognized in the UK
Coital alignment technique, a sexual position designed to maximize clitoral stimulation
Competition Appeal Tribunal, a law in the United Kingdom
Computer-assisted translation or computer-aided translation
Counter Assault Team, a unit within the United States Secret Service
Committee Against Torture (disambiguation)