| Acronym | Definition |
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| CPE | Customer Premise Equipment (telecommunications provisioning) |
| CPE | Customer Premises Equipment (home telecommunicatons equipment) |
| CPE | Continuing Professional Education |
| CPE | Clinical Pastoral Education |
| CPE | Certificate of Proficiency in English (Cambridge ESOL exam) |
| CPE | Cape |
| CPE | Computer Engineering |
| CPE | Council on Postsecondary Education |
| CPE | Contrat Première Embauche (French: contract first engages) |
| CPE | Continuing Pharmacy Education |
| CPE | Chlorinated Polyethylene (cable jacket) |
| CPE | Cytopathic Effect |
| CPE | Common Platform Enumeration (MITRE Corporation) |
| CPE | Centre de La Petite Enfance (French: kindergarten) |
| CPE | Coordination Paysanne Européenne |
| CPE | Chimie Physique Electronique |
| CPE | Common Professional Examination (UK) |
| CPE | Customer Provided Equipment |
| CPE | Certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE) |
| CPE | Contrat de Première Embauche |
| CPE | CUNY Proficiency Exam |
| CPE | Chemical and Process Engineering |
| CPE | Certified Professional Estimator |
| CPE | Certified Professional Electrologist |
| CPE | Certified Physician Executive (American College of Physician Executives) |
| CPE | Computer Performance Evaluation |
| CPE | Certified Plant Engineer |
| CPE | Complete Physical Examination (also seen as CPX) |
| CPE | Centre for Protein Engineering |
| CPE | Contrato del Primer Empleo (Spanish) |
| CPE | Center for Popular Economics |
| CPE | Contributions to Political Economy |
| CPE | Center for Parent Education |
| CPE | Common Phase Error |
| CPE | Centre for Program Evaluation |
| CPE | Contractor Performance Evaluation |
| CPE | Central Processing Element |
| CPE | Clinical Proficiency Examination |
| CPE | Collective Protection Equipment |
| CPE | Cover Page Editor |
| CPE | Commission de Politique Exterieure |
| CPE | Corrugated Polyethylene |
| CPE | Chinese Pidgin English (SIL code, Nauru) |
| CPE | Campeche International Airport (airport code, Mexico) |
| CPE | Contingency Planning Exchange, Inc. |
| CPE | Country Programme Evaluation (various locations) |
| CPE | Campaign to Promote Engineering |
| CPE | Critical Political Economy |
| CPE | Circular Probable Error |
| CPE | College Preparatory English |
| CPE | Center for Protein Engineering |
| CPE | Current Product Engineering |
| CPE | Contact Point Embassy (NATO) |
| CPE | Center for Petroleum Engineering |
| CPE | Charged Particle Equilibrium |
| CPE | Center for Popular Education |
| CPE | Cycles Per Element |
| CPE | Consumer Products Enterprises, Inc. |
| CPE | Central Processing Equipment |
| CPE | Canine Performance Event |
| CPE | Chemical Potential Energy |
| CPE | California Power Exchange |
| CPE | Channel Parameter Estimation |
| CPE | Continence Product Evaluation |
| CPE | Clinical Perfusion Education |
| CPE | Coupe Progressive d'Ensemencement (French: Shelterwood Seeding; timber management) |
| CPE | Chief Program Engineer |
| CPE | Catalytic Process Engineering |
| CPE | Comprehensive Provincial Examination |
| CPE | Certified Professional Editor (Editors' Association of Canada) |
| CPE | Commander's Predictive Environment |
| CPE | Certified Process Engineer |
| CPE | Coolest Person Ever |
| CPE | Critical Process Equipment (a pressurized vessel in which the fundamental chemico-physical reaction takes place) |
| CPE | Change Package Engineer (NASA) |
| CPE | Counseling and Psychology in Education |
| CPE | Consumer Provided Equipment |
| CPE | Continued Proficiency Endorsement |
| CPE | Comunitat Política Europea |
| CPE | Continuous Particle Electrophoresis |
| CPE | Caring for People in Everyway |
| CPE | Carrier Phase Estimator |
| CPE | Comité Permanant sur l'Éthique (Canada) |
| CPE | Centres for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship (Israel) |
| CPE | Claims Per Employee (insurance) |
| CPE | CTAS Processing Equipment (HWCI) |
| CPE | Construct Protect Engineering (Belgium) |
| CPE | Companion Pet Enterprises |
| CPE | Critical Program Error |
| CPE | Command Post Equipment (SCTIS terminal) |
| CPE | Cloud Processing Equipment |
| CPE | Capacity Performance Engineering |
| CPE | Corporate Platform Expansion |
| CPE | Core Physical Education (academics) |
| CPE | Coulomb Wave-Plane Wave Description with Effective Screening |
| CPE | Channel Processing Element (mainframes) |
| CPE | Continuous-Phase Encoder/Encoding |
| CPE | Central Programmer & Evaluator |
| CPE | Centrally Procured Equipment |
| CPE | Conventional Planning & Execution |
| CPE | Certified Principal Engineer |
| CPE | Cytosoluble Protein Extract (immunology) |
| CPE | Coastal Projects Engineer |
| CPE | Conseiller Principal d'Éducation (French: Principal Educational Advisor) |
| CPE | Centre de Psychologie Économique (French: Economic Psychology Center) |
| CPE | Concept Partenaire Entreprises (French: Business Partner Concept) |
| CPE | Conditions Particulières d'Emploi (French: Specific Conditions of Employment) |
| CPE | Centre de Promotion des Entreprises (French: Business Promotion Center) |
| CPE | Collège Pratique d'Ethnobotanique (French: Practical Ethnobotany College) |
| CPE | College Park Elementary (various locations) |
| CPE | Certificate for Primary Education (various locations) |
| CPE | Centre de Perfectionnement des Entreprises (French: Business Development Center) |
| CPE | Contrat d'Études Prospectives (French: Contract for Prospective Studies) |
| CPE | Conseil Permanent des Écrivains (French: Permanent Council of Writers) |
| CPE | Comparative Political Economy (various organizations) |
| CPE | Centre Populaire d'Enseignement (French: Popular Education Center) |