CDN
Translingual
Symbol
CDN
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Canada.
- Synonym: CAN (for general use)
Usage notes
This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Canada is CAN.
English
Adjective
CDN (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of Canadian.
Noun
CDN (plural CDNs)
- (Internet) Initialism of content delivery/distribution network.
- 2007, Steve Souders, High Performance Web Sites, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 20:
- A CDN can also help absorb spikes in traffic, for example, during times of peak weather or financial news, or during popular sporting or entertainment events.
Proper noun
CDN
- Initialism of Côte-des-Neiges A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Initialism of Cártel del Noreste.
- 2025 February 22, Max Saltman, Avery Schmitz, Sebastian Jimenez Valencia and Rocio Munoz-Ledo, “The US now considers these cartels and gangs terrorist groups. Here’s what to know about them”, in CNN[1]:
- A 2024 Justice Department indictment against several members of the organization accused CDN and Los Zetas of “using terroristic violence to control large swaths of Northern Mexico, including along the border between Mexico and the United States.”
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Proper noun
CDN ?
- CDN; initialism of Côte-des-Neiges a district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Spanish
Proper noun
CDN m
- initialism of Cártel del Noreste