CFD


CFD may refer to:

Science and computing
 Computational fluid dynamics, a branch of fluid mechanics using computational methods to predict the behavior of fluid flows
 Counterfactual definiteness, the ability, in quantum mechanics, to consider results of unperformed measurements
 CFEngine daemon, the process that runs CFEngine
 Common fill device, an electronic module used to load cryptographic keys into electronic encryption  machines 
 Constant fraction discriminator, a signal processing component 
 Complement factor D, an enzyme encoded by the CFD gene

Business
 Contract for difference, a type of financial derivative, where two parties exchange the difference between opening and closing value of an underlying asset
 Control Flow Diagram, is a diagram to describe the control flow of a business process, process or program
 Cumulative Flow Diagram, an area graph that depicts the quantity of work in a given state

Firefighting organizations
 Calgary Fire Department, the fire department of Calgary, Alberta
 Charlotte Fire Department, the fire department of Charlotte, North Carolina
 Chicago Fire Department, the fire department of Chicago, Illinois

Other
 Carbon fee and dividend, an economic mechanism to lower and ultimately do away with, emissions of climate gases
 Cheyenne Frontier Days, an annual rodeo and celebration held in Cheyenne, Wyoming
 Christie Front Drive, a second wave indie/emo band from Denver, Colorado
 Coulter Field (IATA: CFD), an airport in Bryan, Texas
 Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux, French rail vehicle manufacturer producing narrow gauge rail vehicles, see Captrain France
 Congenital Femoral Deficiency, a rare birth defect that affects the pelvis and the proximal femur
 Centre for Finance and Development, an interdisciplinary research centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies