CID n 1: the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world [syn: {Criminal Investigation Command}, {CID}]
Cid \Cid\, n. [Sp., fr. Ar. seid lord.] [1913 Webster] 1. Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century. [1913 Webster] 2. An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz. [1913 Webster]
Caller ID CID <communications> (CID) A short piece of text transmitted by some telephone systems describing the origin of a call, e.g. the name of the caller. Some telephone handsets can display this. A {computer telephony integration} system might use it to trigger actions on the callee's computer such as looking up the caller in a database and displaying their details on screen. There may also be a separate "caller id number" giving the telephone number of the originator of the call. (2008-04-30)
CID Configuration - Installation - Distribution (IBM)