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Comma-separated values

Comma-separated values (CSV), often a CSV file, is a plain-text format for tabular data in which each line is a record and fields are separated by commas.

Comma.ai

Comma.ai is an American automotive technology company based in San Diego, California, founded by hacker George Hotz, that develops the open source driver assistance system openpilot.

Command (model family)

Command is a family of large language models developed by Cohere for enterprise workloads, centered on retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, and agents, with releases from 2024 through 2026.

Command A (Cohere)

Command A is a large language model developed by the Canadian AI company Cohere, released in March 2025 as the flagship of its enterprise-focused Command family.

Command A+

Command A+ is Cohere's flagship enterprise large language model, released on May 20, 2026 as the company's first Mixture-of-Experts architecture and its first fully Apache 2.0 open-weights release.

Command Alkon

Command Alkon is a privately held software company serving ready mix, aggregates, asphalt, and cement producers, founded in 1976 and serving over 2,800 customers in more than 80 countries.

Command key

The Command key (⌘), also known as the Apple key, is a modifier key on Apple keyboards, held with another key to invoke shortcuts like Command-C for copy.

Command pattern

The Command pattern, also known as the Command design pattern, is a behavioral software design pattern that encapsulates a request as an object so it can be queued, logged, scheduled, and undone.

Command R+

Command R+ is a 104-billion-parameter, open-weights large language model from Cohere, released in April 2024 and optimized for retrieval-augmented generation with citations and multi-step tool use in enterprise workloads.

Command-line completion

Command-line completion, also known as Tab completion, is a shell feature that finishes a partially typed word, such as a file or command name, on a keystroke.

Command-line interface

A command-line interface, also called the command line, is a text-based means of controlling software, where a shell interprets typed commands and executes programs in response.

Commemoration of the golden age of aviation

Commemoration of the golden age of aviation is the preservation and public celebration of interwar flying using museum displays, airworthy restorations, and replica aircraft.

Commercial code (communications)

A commercial code was a printed codebook in which a single codeword stood for a phrase or sentence, saving money on telegrams, which were charged by the word.

Commercial Crew Program

The Commercial Crew Program is a NASA program, established in 2010, that buys astronaut transportation to the International Space Station from private companies Boeing and SpaceX.

Commercial driver's license

A commercial driver's license, also called a commercial driving license, is a US license, issued under federal standards, required to operate large trucks, buses, and hazmat vehicles.

Commercial Lunar Payload Services

Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, is a NASA initiative, established in 2018, that contracts American companies to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon's surface and orbit.

Commercial off-the-shelf

Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) describes ready-made software and hardware sold or licensed to the public and used without modification; buying COTS instead of custom development shifts cost and risk to the vendor.

Commercial Pacific Cable Company

The Commercial Pacific Cable Company was an American telegraph company founded in 1901 to lay the first direct submarine cable from San Francisco to Honolulu, Guam, and Manila.

Commercial pilot licence

A commercial pilot license, called a commercial pilot certificate in the United States, permits the holder to fly an aircraft and be paid for it, sitting above the private certificate.

Commercial property

Commercial property, also called commercial real estate (CRE), is real estate held to generate profit through rental income or capital appreciation, covering offices, retail, industrial facilities, and hotels.

Commercial Resupply Services

Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) is a NASA program under which private American companies deliver cargo, experiments, and supplies to the International Space Station under fixed-price contracts.

Commercial software

Commercial software, also known as payware, is software developed for commercial purposes and sold in a completed form, typically under licenses that restrict use and modification.

Commercial Telegraphers Union of America

The Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, later the United Telegraph Workers, was an American labor union of telegraph operators organized in 1903, striking nationwide in 1907, 1919, and 1952.

Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle

The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV), related to the Light Service Support Vehicle, is a family of Chevrolet and GMC commercial trucks General Motors modified for the United States military.

Commercial vehicle

A commercial vehicle is a motor vehicle used on public roads to transport passengers or cargo for business, classified by weight or use in law.

Comminution

Comminution is the mechanical reduction of solid particle size by crushing and grinding, described as the oldest mechanical unit operation and a key step in mineral processing.

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique

The Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) is a French public research and technology organization created by General de Gaulle's ordinance of 1945 to pursue atomic energy research.

Commission de régulation de l'énergie

The Commission de régulation de l'énergie (CRE) is the French independent administrative authority regulating electricity and gas markets, established in 2000 as France opened its energy markets to competition.

Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Épreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives

The Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Épreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives, known as the CIP, is an international body that sets uniform proof-testing rules for firearms and ammunition.

Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés

The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL, National Commission on Information Technology and Civil Liberties) is France's independent data protection authority, created by law in January 1978.