| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CPE | Customer Premise Equipment (telecommunications provisioning) |
| CPE | Continuing Professional Education |
| CPE | Cape |
| CPE | Contrat Première Embauche (French: contract first engages) |
| CPE | Clinical Pastoral Education |
| CPE | Certificate of Proficiency in English (Cambridge ESOL exam) |
| CPE | Computer Engineering |
| CPE | Council on Postsecondary Education |
| CPE | Cytopathic Effect |
| CPE | Computer Performance Evaluation |
| CPE | Centre de La Petite Enfance (French: kindergarten) |
| CPE | Continuing Pharmacy Education |
| CPE | Chlorinated Polyethylene (cable jacket) |
| CPE | Coordination Paysanne Européenne |
| CPE | Chimie Physique Electronique |
| CPE | Customer Provided Equipment |
| CPE | Common Professional Examination (UK) |
| CPE | Contrat de Première Embauche |
| CPE | Chemical and Process Engineering |
| CPE | Certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE) |
| CPE | CUNY Proficiency Exam |
| CPE | Common Platform Enumeration (MITRE Corporation) |
| CPE | Center for Popular Economics |
| CPE | Certified Physician Executive (American College of Physician Executives) |
| CPE | Certified Professional Electrologist |
| CPE | Centre for Protein Engineering |
| CPE | Contrato del Primer Empleo (Spanish) |
| CPE | Certified Professional Estimator |
| CPE | Certified Plant Engineer |
| CPE | Centre for Program Evaluation |
| CPE | Common Phase Error |
| CPE | Central Processing Element |
| CPE | Center for Parent Education |
| CPE | Contributions to Political Economy |
| CPE | Campaign to Promote Engineering |
| CPE | Commission de Politique Exterieure |
| CPE | Cover Page Editor |
| CPE | Contractor Performance Evaluation |
| CPE | Clinical Proficiency Examination |
| CPE | Collective Protection Equipment |
| CPE | Contingency Planning Exchange, Inc. |
| CPE | Campeche International Airport (airport code, Mexico) |
| CPE | Complete Physical Examination |
| CPE | Critical Political Economy |
| CPE | Chinese Pidgin English (SIL code, Nauru) |
| CPE | Corrugated Polyethylene |
| CPE | Circular Probable Error |
| CPE | Center for Protein Engineering |
| CPE | Current Product Engineering |
| CPE | Center for Popular Education |
| CPE | Charged Particle Equilibrium |
| CPE | Contact Point Embassy (NATO) |
| CPE | Center for Petroleum Engineering |
| CPE | California Power Exchange |
| CPE | Cycles Per Element |
| CPE | College Preparatory English |
| CPE | Consumer Products Enterprises, Inc. |
| CPE | Central Processing Equipment |
| CPE | Canine Performance Event |
| CPE | Chemical Potential Energy |
| CPE | Chief Program Engineer |
| CPE | Continence Product Evaluation |
| CPE | Clinical Perfusion Education |
| CPE | Channel Parameter Estimation |
| CPE | Catalytic Process Engineering |
| CPE | Commander's Predictive Environment |
| CPE | Comprehensive Provincial Examination |
| CPE | Counseling and Psychology in Education |
| CPE | Change Package Engineer (NASA) |
| CPE | Critical Process Equipment (a pressurized vessel in which the fundamental chemico-physical reaction takes place) |
| CPE | Coolest Person Ever |
| CPE | Consumer Provided Equipment |
| CPE | Continued Proficiency Endorsement |
| CPE | Certified Process Engineer |
| CPE | Comunitat Política Europea |
| CPE | Continuous Particle Electrophoresis |
| CPE | Caring for People in Everyway |
| CPE | Command Post Equipment (SCTIS terminal) |
| CPE | Claims Per Employee (insurance) |
| CPE | CTAS Processing Equipment (HWCI) |
| CPE | Construct Protect Engineering (Belgium) |
| CPE | Centres for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship (Israel) |
| CPE | Comité Permanant sur l'Éthique (Canada) |
| CPE | Carrier Phase Estimator |
| CPE | Companion Pet Enterprises |
| CPE | Critical Program Error |
| CPE | Cloud Processing Equipment |
| CPE | Capacity Performance Engineering |
| CPE | Corporate Platform Expansion |
| 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 | Coastal Projects Engineer |