V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

CPAN
       Comprehensive PERL Archive Network (PERL)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPAN

    (CPAN) A collection of Internet archives containing
   material related to the Perl programming language.

   (http://perl.com/CPAN).

   (1999-12-04)