What does CAT stand for?

Computer-Aided Tomography (less common; medical imaging; scan/scanning; now CT, Computed Tomography is preferred)

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Information technology (IT) and computers
Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

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CT is the industrial counterpart of computer-aided tomography, or CAT scanning, which uses x-rays to penetrate the body and produce a 3D image of the region of interest.

Industrial CT scanning speeds mold qualification

GAO-06-795 July 31, 2006 Mandated to screen all checked baggage by using explosive detection systems at airports by December 31, 2003, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed two types of screening equipment: explosive detection systems (EDS), which use computer-aided tomography X-rays to recognize explosives, and explosive trace detection (ETD) systems, which use chemical analysis to detect explosive residues.

Transportation Security Administration: Oversight of Explosive ...

A lifelong inventor, his creations include the fetal monitor, the high-speed analog-to-digital converter, the instant imaging computer-aided tomography scanner, Doppler radar, and an advanced bomb-detection device.

Bernard Gordon, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, ...