The cat (Felis catus) is a domesticated feline species.

Cat or CAT may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment Comics Cat (comics), a list of several characters Confidential Assassination Troop, a manhua by Fung Chin Pang from 2003

Film and television Cat, the title character of the 1965 film Cat Ballou Cat (Red Dwarf), a character in the sci-fi sitcom Cat, a character in the animated television series CatDog Cat MacKenzie, a character in Family Affairs Cat Valentine (Victorious), a character in Victorious and Sam & Cat Cat (TV series), Indian crime thriller streaming television series Cat, from Peg + Cat

Literature The Fox and the Cat, a pair of fictional characters from the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi and several adaptations of the story in other media

Music Cat #1 (album), 1994, by Peter Criss "Cat", a track on the 2011 album Minecraft – Volume Alpha by C418 "Cat", a song on the 2016 album Air for Free by Relient K

Video games C.A.T.: Cyber Attack Team, 2003

Businesses and organisations

United States

Caterpillar Inc. (simply known as CAT), a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment Secret Service Counter Assault Team

United Kingdom Cambridge Antibody Technology, a biotechnology company Centre for Alternative Technology, a charity and eco-centre in Wales Competition Appeal Tribunal, a public body

Other businesses and organisations CAT Telecom, a telecoms operator in Thailand Committee Against Torture, a UN treaty body Crew Against Torture (Russia), a Russian non-governmental organisation

Education Common Admission Test, in India Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), in the US Computerized adaptive testing, a method for administering tests

Linguistics Catalan language (ISO 639-2 and -3 code: cat) Central Atlas Tamazight, a language in North Africa Communication accommodation theory, in sociolinguistics

Science and technology Biology and medicine

Animals Felidae (the cats or felids), a family of Carnivorans Pantherinae (big cats), a subfamily Felinae (small cats), the other subfamily

Biochemistry CAT, the gene for Catalase Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, an enzyme and antibiotic resistance gene Methcathinone or cat, a drug

Other uses in biology and medicine Calibrated automated thrombogram, a coagulation test CAT scan or CT scan, a medical imaging X-ray technology Combat application tourniquet, a tourniquet developed for use in field combat situations Conidial anastomosis tubes, a specialised hyphae emerging from some asexual fungal spores Cognitive analytic therapy, a psychological therapy

Computing Cat, categories of twisted pair network cabling CAT (phototypesetter) (Computer Assisted Typesetter), a 1972 phototypesetter cat (Unix), a Unix utility that concatenates and lists files Cat, a clone of the Apple II home computer Canon Cat, a desktop computer Computer-assisted translation or computer-aided translation Computer aided transceiver Novation CAT, a modem series .cat, a top-level domain for Catalan language and culture

Mathematics Cat, the category of small categories in category theory CAT(k) space, a type of metric space

Physics Catadioptric system, in optics Cherenkov Array at Themis, an atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope, a former telescope near Cambridge, UK

Other technology Catalyst (cat.), in chemistry Catalytic converter, an exhaust device

People Cat (nickname), a list of people with the nickname Cat Glover (born 1968), American choreographer, dancer and singer Cat Power (born 1972), American singer-songwriter (real name: Charlyn Marshall) Cat Rambo (born 1963), American writer and editor Cat Stevens (born 1948), British singer-songwriter (real name: Yusuf Islam)

Places Çat, a town and district in Erzurum Province, Turkey Çat Dam, on the Abdülharap River in Adıyaman Province, Turkey Kingdom of Cat, an early-Mediaeval Pictish kingdom in what is now Scotland Cat Cays, a pair of reef islands in the Bahamas Cat Island (disambiguation)

Transportation American bus transit systems Camarillo Area Transit, Camarillo, California Canby Area Transit, Oregon Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg), Pennsylvania Capital Area Transit (Raleigh), North Carolina Charlottesville Area Transit, Virginia Chatham Area Transit, Georgia Clemson Area Transit, South Carolina Collier Area Transit, Florida Cities Area Transit, North Dakota

Aviation Civil Air Transport (CAT, former ICAO code: CAT), a former Chinese airline, in later years owned by the CIA , a defunct airline of France Clear-air turbulence

Other transportation Caterham railway station (station code: CAT), Surrey, England Center for Appropriate Transport, a community center for bicycles in Eugene, Oregon, US City Airport Train, Vienna, Austria Cat, an early collier ship type Perth Central Area Transit Catamaran, a boat with two hulls

Other uses Talleres de Córdoba or Club Atlético Talleres, a sport club from Córdoba, Argentina Cat (zodiac), a Vietnamese/Gurung zodiac sign Canadian Army Trophy, a tank gunnery competition Central Africa Time, a time zone Certified Accounting Technician Coital alignment technique, a sexual position Community asset transfer, a UK legal process Cat o' nine tails or cat, a flogging instrument A draw, in a game of tic-tac-toe

See also List of individual cats The Cat (disambiguation) Cats (disambiguation) Catt (disambiguation) Kat (disambiguation) Qat (disambiguation)