CTC n 1: an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage [syn: {Counterterrorist Center}, {CTC}]
Cornell Theory Center CTC (CTC) One of four supercomputing centers funded by the US {National Science Foundation}. The CTC also receives funding from the {Advanced Research Projects Agency}, the National Institutes of Health, New York State, {IBM} Corporation, and other members of the center's Corporate Research Institute. (http://tc.cornell.edu/). (1994-12-08)