CE
Year-marking abbreviation
CE stands for Common Era, a secular alternative to AD (Anno Domini) for dating years.
It marks the same calendar system: 2024 CE equals 2024 AD.
BCE (Before Common Era) replaces BC.
The notation is standard in academic and interfaith contexts to avoid Christian-specific terminology: The temple was built around 500 CE.
CE also abbreviates civil engineer and continuing education.
Era after BC
- BCPre-Christian year marker
- BCESecular historical era notation
- A.D.Era after year one
- B.C.Pre-Christian year notation
epoch · era · dating · timeline · calendar · notation · year · century
Indicating with symbols
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- productManufactured item for sale
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- complianceAdhering to requirements
standards · safety · quality · directive · regulation · harmonization · accreditation · assessment
Systematic development of mind
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- coursesAcademic subjects or meal stages
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
Designing functional systems scientifically
- constructionProcess of building something
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- structuralRelating to building framework
- designPurposeful creative planning
AD
Era after BC
B.C. · epoch · era · dating · timeline · calendar · notation · year · century · millennium
marking
Indicating with symbols
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- productManufactured item for sale
- certificationAttestation of qualification
compliance · standards · safety · quality · directive · regulation · harmonization · accreditation · assessment · verification
education
Systematic development of mind
engineering
Designing functional systems scientifically
- constructionProcess of building something
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- structuralRelating to building framework
- Calendar erasAD, BC, BCE, Anno Domini, Common Era
- calculator buttonsplus, minus, equals, multiply, divide
- chronologyannals, chronicle, timeline, period, era
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- historical dating termsBC, AD, BCE, carbon dating, radiocarbon
- Standards BodiesISO, IEEE, ANSI, TIA, ICANN