CAN may refer to:

Organizations

  • Andean Community of Nations, a South American trade bloc with Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
  • Campus Antiwar Network, an American network of students opposing the occupation of Iraq
  • Caja Navarra, a former savings banks in Navarre, Spain
  • Chechnya Advocacy Network, an American non-government organization for Chechnya advocacy
  • Christian Association of Nigeria, an umbrella organization containing numerous Christian denominations in Nigeria
  • Climate Action Network, an international non-governmental network to limit human-induced climate change
  • Corporate Angel Network, an American non-profit organization that arranges free air travel for cancer patients
  • Cricket Association of Nepal, governing body of Nepali cricket
  • Cult Awareness Network, an American anti-cult organization
  • Cure Autism Now, a former American organization for autism advocacy
  • Cycling Action Network, a New Zealand cycling advocacy group

Science and medicine

  • CAN (gene), a human gene
  • Calcium ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer
  • Ceric ammonium nitrate, an inorganic compound
  • Chronic allograft nephropathy, the leading cause of kidney transplant failure

Computing

  • Campus area network or corporate area network, a computer network in a limited geographical area
  • Cancel character, a precision control character in the C0 control code set
  • CAN bus, controller area network bus, a type of microcontroller bus designed for vehicles
  • Computer-assisted notetaking, or electronic notetaking
  • Content-addressable network, a distributed hash table for P2P
  • Copper access node, a network device to provide xDSL signals on telephone lines, a.k.a. DSLAM

Other uses

  • Canada (ISO country code, IOC code), a country in North America
  • Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (CAN) or Africa Cup of Nations, an association football competition in Africa
  • Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA airport code), the main airport in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Can (band), a German experimental rock band
  • Canadian Hot 100, a Billboard chart with the shortcut "CAN"

See also

  • Can (disambiguation)
  • CANS (disambiguation)