Definition of "CAP"

CAP

noun
countable and uncountable, plural CAPs
1. Initialism of conservation action plan.
2. Initialism of catabolite activator protein.
3. (medicine) Initialism of community-acquired pneumonia.
4. (computing theory) Initialism of consistency, availability, partition-tolerance, three irreconcilable guarantees in distributed systems, a result known as Brewer's theorem.
5. Initialism of combat air patrol.
6. Initialism of change acceleration process.
7. Initialism of colors and placements.
proper noun
1. (European Union) Initialism of Common Agricultural Policy.
  Quotations
  The fact remains that if Ukraine joins, the CAP budget will either have to be increased dramatically or will evaporate, given the sheer area of agricultural land in Ukraine (it’s bigger than the whole of Italy), with the average farm taking up about 1,000 hectares compared to 16 hectares in the rest of the EU.
  2023 September 30, Patrick Wintour, quoting Marija Golubeva, “‘No turning back’: how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU”, in The Guardian‎
2. (US) Initialism of Civil Air Patrol.
3. Initialism of Colleague Assistance Program.