can
     n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
          etc. [syn: {tin}, {tin can}]
     2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: {canful}]
     3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: {can buoy}]
     4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
        deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
        on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
        {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {fundament}, {hindquarters},
         {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear
        end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie},
         {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
     5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet},
         {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}]
     6: a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: {toilet}, {lavatory},
         {lav}, {john}, {privy}, {bathroom}]
     v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
          [syn: {tin}, {put up}]
     2: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
        today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
        {fire}, {give notice}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send
        away}, {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}]
        [ant: {hire}]
     [also: {canning}, {canned}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

can vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp. when the
   person doing the deed is an operator, as in "canned from the
   {{console}}". Frequently used in an imperative sense, as in "Can that
   print job, the LPT just popped a sprocket!" Synonymous with {gun}. It is
   said that the ASCII character with mnemonic CAN (0011000) was used as a
   kill-job character on some early OSes, but this is more likely to be
   short for `cancel'. Alternatively, this term may derive from mainstream
   slang `canned' for being laid off or fired.


Source: The Jargon File

CAN
     Complete Area Networks (SNI)
     
     
Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

CAN
     Controller Area Network
     
     
Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms