| CAP | Civil air patrol (USAF civilian auxiliary) | military |
| CAP | Combat air patrol | military |
| CAP | Combustible augmented plasma | military |
| CAP | Civil Air Patrol | Airforce |
| CAP | Canadian Association of Physicists | Medical-organisations |
| CAP | College of American Pathologists | Medical-organisations |
| CAP | National Coalition Against the Privatization of Water | ghana |
| CAP | Combat Air Patrol | Acronym |
| CAP | Common [Operating/Operational] Air Picture | Acronym |
| CAP | Crisis Action Procedures | Acronym |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy (European Union) | Acronym |
| CAP | Cap-Haïtien International Airport | IATA Airport Code |
| CAP | Capacity market programs | energy |
| CAP | Capping Anger Positively | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Childcare Action Program | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Childcare Action Project | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Client Assistance Program | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Commune Action Plan | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Access Program | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Access Project | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Action Plan | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Action Program | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Advisory Panel | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Alternatives Program | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Cool Arizona Pets | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Create A Park | Community abbreviations |
| CAP | Center for American Progress | Educational abbreviations |
| CAP | Community Awareness Campaign | Educational abbreviations |
| CAP | Computer-Aided Publishing | Educational abbreviations |
| CAP | Cooperative Advantage Program | Educational abbreviations |
| CAP | Corrective Action Plan | Educational abbreviations |
| CAP | Creative Arts Program | Educational abbreviations |
| CAP | CAPacitor | Electronics abbreviations |
| CAP | Carrierless Amplitude Phase | Electronics abbreviations |
| CAP | Combined Analog and Pulsative | Electronics abbreviations |
| CAP | Computer Accommodations Program | computing abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Computer And Printer | computing abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Computer-Aided Planning | computing abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Current Applications Presentation | computing abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Cut And Paste | computing abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Come And Pay | media abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Community Arts Partnership | media abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Communty Access Program | media abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Content Acquisition Program | media abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Coordination Actors And Production | media abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Capability | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Captain [mil.] | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Civil Augmentation Program | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Configuration and Alarm Panel | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Configuration Audit Plan | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Consolidated Appeals Process | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Crisis Action Planning | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Current Approved Program | Military abbreviations |
| CAP | Charitable Annuity Program | Non-Profit Organizations |
| CAP | Children Awaiting Parents | Non-Profit Organizations |
| CAP | Christian Appalachian Project | Non-Profit Organizations |
| CAP | Channel Assembly Program | software abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Collaborative Analytical Processing | software abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Common Aftermarket Protocol | software abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Custom Application Program | software abbreviations and acronyms |
| CAP | Celebration of Athletic Participation | sports abbreviations |
| CAP | Campus Access Point | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Campus Accountability Partner | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Capital Academic Program | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Career Advisory Program | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Center for Applied Probability--Columbia University | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Centre for Academic Practice | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Clinical Advancement Program | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Computer Analysis Project | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Cumulative Average Point | University abbreviations |
| CAP | Curricular Academic Program | University abbreviations |