Cam

Cam or CAM may refer to:

Science and technology

• Cam (mechanism), a mechanical linkage which translates motion
• Camshaft, a shaft with a cam
• Camera or webcam, a device that records images or video

In computing

• Computer-aided manufacturing, the use of software to control machine tools
• CAM Table, to find where to forward a data packet
• Categorical abstract machine in applicative computing
• Computer-aided mural, by digital printing
• Conditional-access module, to access scrambled TV programs
• Content-addressable memory
• Content Assembly Mechanism, for information exchange

In biology

• Crassulacean acid metabolism, a plant carbon-fixing pathway
• Calmodulin (CaM), a calcium-binding protein
• Cell adhesion molecule, proteins on cell surfaces
• Chorioallantoic membrane, in developing eggs
• CAM (clade), under Diaphoretickes, consisting of Cryptista, Archaeplastida, Microheliella maris
• Complementary and alternative medicine

Other science and technology uses

• Camelopardalis, a constellation, abbreviated Cam
• Centrifuge Accommodations Module of the International Space Station (canceled)
• Cockpit area microphone, part of an aircraft's cockpit voice recorder
• CAM boot, controlled ankle movement walking boot

People

• Cam (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
• Cam (singer), American country singer Camaron Marvel Ochs (born 1984)
• Killa Cam, former stage name of American rapper Cam'ron (born 1976)

Places

• Çam, Akyurt, Ankara Province, Turkey, a neighborhood of the District of Akyurt
• Cam, Gloucestershire, a village and civil parish in England
• Cam Loch, Scotland
• Cam Mountains, An Giang Province, Vietnam
• Cam River (disambiguation)
• Cam Brook a small river in Somerset, England

Arts and entertainment

• Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), cultural initiative begun in London, England, 1966–c. 1972

• Cam (bootleg), a bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater
• Cam (film), a 2018 American horror-thriller film
• Churchie Awards in Media, art awards at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, Australia
• Charles Augustus Magnussen, fictional character from Sherlock, owning CAM News
• Cameron "Cam" Watanabe, a character in Power Rangers: Ninja Storm known as the Green Samurai Ranger
• Cameron "Cam" Tucker, a character from comedy series Modern Family

Businesses and organizations

• Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, a Spanish savings bank
• Cam FM, University of Cambridge radio station
• CAM (record company), aka CAM Jazz
• CAM Community School District, a school district in Iowa
• Carrozzeria Autodromo Modena, an Italian bus manufacturer
• Center for Advanced Materials, a research center at Qatar University
• Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco, Monegasque transport company
• Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco, an indigenous Mapuche organization in Chile
• Compagnie Aerienne du Mali, now Air Mali
• Comité d'Action Musulman, a former political party in Mauritius

Museums

• Cartoon Art Museum, an art museum in San Francisco, California, US
• Castle Air Museum, an air museum in Atwater, California, US
• Chinese American Museum, an ethnic museum in Los Angeles, US
• Cincinnati Art Museum, an art museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
• Chinese Association of Museums, Taiwan

In sport and recreation

• CAM the Ram, mascot of the athletic teams of Colorado State University
• CAM Timișoara, a former football club (1911–1949) based in Timişoara, Romania
• Clube Atlético Mineiro, a popular Brazilian football team
• Cam ECS-12, a 2014 Nerf Blaster released under the N-Strike Elite series
• In climbing, a spring-loaded camming device
• Central attacking midfielder, a position in association football

Military

• CAM ship (Catapult Aircraft Merchantman), World War II
• Corpo d'Armata Motocorazzato, an Italian Army corps, World War II

Codes

• Camberley railway station, England, station code
• Camberwell railway station, Melbourne, Australia, station code
• Cambodia, IOC country code
• Cambridgeshire, England, Chapman code
• Camden Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot, South Carolina, US, Amtrak station code
• Camai Air a US airline, ICAO designator (see Airline codes-C)

Other uses

• Captive audience meeting, a mandatory anti-union meeting organized by an employer
• Common area maintenance charges, a leasing term
• Tropical Storm Cam (1996)
• Tropical Storm Cam (1999)

See also

• Camming (disambiguation)
• Çam (disambiguation)
• Kam (disambiguation)
• River Cam (disambiguation)