Case

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Case or CASE may refer to:

Containers

Case (goods), a package of related merchandise
Bookcase, a piece of furniture used to store books
Computer case, enclosure that contains the main components of a computer
Keep case, a DVD or CD storage case
Road case, a shipping container specifically built to protect sensitive equipment in transit
Shipping container, also referred to as a packing case
Pencil case

Case Western Reserve University, an independent research university in Cleveland, Ohio
Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering, a graduate engineering program in Islamabad, Pakistan
Case Middle School, part of Punahou School in Oahu, Hawaii
Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology, a research facility of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Council for Advancement and Support of Education, a nonprofit association of educational institutions, United States

Business case, capturing the reasoning for initiating a project
Egyptian Exchange, a stock exchange comprising the Cairo and Alexandria stock exchanges
W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., an American manufacturer of knives

Computer-aided software engineering (CASE), use of computers to assist in the software development life cycle
Computer-assisted structure elucidation, the use of computers to elucidate molecular structures
Best, worst and average case, types of case analysis in computer science
Switch statement, a control statement in computer programming
Use case, in software engineering and systems engineering; a description of a system’s behaviour as it responds to requests
CASE, a database system used by the UK Citizens Advice until replaced by Petra from 2011

Conceptually Accurate Signed English, a form of Manually Coded English
Grammatical case, a type of linguistic inflection
Letter case, in typography, the distinction between majuscule (capital or upper-case) and minuscule (lower-case) letters

Case Corporation, defunct manufacturer of agricultural equipment, tractors and cars
- Case CE, a manufacturer of construction equipment - a descendant of the company above
- Case IH, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment - a descendant of the company above

Case-hardening, a process of hardening the surface of a metal object
Case-shot, a type of anti-personnel canister ammunition similar to a shrapnel shell
Casement window, a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges

Case (name), a surname
Case (policy debate), in debate competition
The Case, a 2007 Chinese film
Legal case, a dispute between opposing parties, being resolved by a court of law
Proof by exhaustion, a method of mathematical proof also known as "proof by cases"