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

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
 * Killa Cam, former stage name of Cam'ron (born 1976), American rapper
 * Cam (singer) (born 1984), American country singer Camaron Marvel Ochs

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

 * Cam (bootleg), motion picture recording
 * 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
 * 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

 * Common area maintenance charges, a leasing term
 * Complementary and alternative medicine
 * Tropical Storm Cam (1996)
 * Tropical Storm Cam (1999)