| Acronym | Definition |
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| CIF | Common Intermediate Format (352 pixels by 288 lines, 30 fps; 1.22:1) |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance & Freight (shipping) |
| CIF | Crystallographic Information File |
| CIF | Congé Individuel de Formation (French: Individual Training Leave) |
| CIF | Crédit Immobilier de France (French mortgage company) |
| CIF | California Interscholastic Federation |
| CIF | Comment Is Free (The Guardian newspaper; UK) |
| CIF | Construction Industry Federation (Ireland) |
| CIF | Classification Internationale du Fonctionnement, du Handicap et de la Santé (French: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) |
| CIF | Coming into Force |
| CIF | Carrier Indication Field (telecommunications) |
| CIF | Customer Installable Feature |
| CIF | Caltech Intermediate Format |
| CIF | Chapter Information |
| CIF | Customization Input File |
| CIF | Common Intermediate Format |
| CIF | Cost Insurrance and Freight |
| CIF | Cells in Frame |
| CIF | Centro Italiano Femminile (Italian Center for Women) |
| CIF | Código de Identificación Fiscal |
| CIF | Central Instrumentation Facility (US NASA) |
| CIF | Construction Innovation Forum |
| CIF | Central Issue Facility |
| CIF | Conservation International Foundation |
| CIF | Chapter-in-Formation |
| CIF | Corporate Information Factory |
| CIF | Continuous Improvement Framework (education; Canada) |
| CIF | Chicago Improv Festival (Chicago, IL) |
| CIF | Conseiller en Investissements Financiers (French: Financial Investment Adviser) |
| CIF | Customer Information File |
| CIF | Canadian Institute of Forestry (Institut Forestière du Canada) |
| CIF | Community Initiative Fund (various locations) |
| CIF | Common Interchange Format |
| CIF | Common Image Format |
| CIF | Canadian Investment Fund |
| CIF | Common Industry Format (standard reporting method; US National Institute of Standards and Technology) |
| CIF | Capital Improvement Fund |
| CIF | Collective Investment Fund (Citibank) |
| CIF | Company Information Form |
| CIF | Central Information File |
| CIF | Community Impact Fund (various locations) |
| CIF | Caltech Intermediate Form |
| CIF | Cloud Industry Forum (cloud computing) |
| CIF | Cells In Frames |
| CIF | Committee International Federation (hockey) |
| CIF | Construction Industry Forum |
| CIF | Coordination InterPride France |
| CIF | Conseil International des Femmes |
| CIF | Council of International Fellowship |
| CIF | Combatant Commanders In-Extremis Force |
| CIF | Confocal Imaging Facility (various locations) |
| CIF | Cell Imaging Facility (various locations) |
| CIF | Cyprus Investment Firm |
| CIF | Child Information Form (various organizations) |
| CIF | Catalog Interchange Format |
| CIF | Center for Individual Freedom |
| CIF | Capillary Isoelectric Focusing (proteins) |
| CIF | Cost plus Incentive Fee (contract) |
| CIF | Compte d'Instruments Financiers (French: Financial Instruments Account) |
| CIF | Capital Improvement Fee |
| CIF | Consolidated Issue Facility |
| CIF | Continuous Ink Flow (printing; various companies) |
| CIF | Cod de Identificare Fiscala (Romanian: Tax Identification Code) |
| CIF | Consolidated Incineration Facility |
| CIF | Cumulative Incidence Function (reliability) |
| CIF | Collaboratory Interoperability Framework |
| CIF | Cargo, Insurance and Freight |
| CIF | Contract Initiation Form |
| CIF | Computer Investigations and Forensics (US Department of State) |
| CIF | Cash In Fist |
| CIF | Career Information Fair (various locations) |
| CIF | Consolidated Incinerator Facility |
| CIF | Coordinated Instrumentation Facility |
| CIF | Common Interface File |
| CIF | Clutter Improvement Factor (radar) |
| CIF | Customer Install Feature |
| CIF | Central Index File |
| CIF | Candidate Item File |
| CIF | Core Interface Function (interface between SAP R/3 system and APO) |
| CIF | Comparative Incidence Figure |
| CIF | Certified International Financier |
| CIF | Cadet Information File |
| CIF | Cumulative Intensity Function |
| CIF | Computer Is Frozen |
| CIF | Centre des Impôts Foncier (French land tax) |
| CIF | Conseil Information Formation |
| CIF | Critical Input File |
| CIF | Common Imagery Interoperable Facility |
| CIF | CINC In-extremist Force |
| CIF | Central Intelligence File |
| CIF | Constraint Induced Fracture |
| CIF | Controller Information File (military air traffic control) |
| CIF | Corps Information Flow |
| CIF | CINC (Commander in Chief) Initiative Fund (US DoD) |
| CIF | Certified Insurance Facilitator |