Cam

A cam is a mechanical linkage which translates motion.

Cam or CAM may also refer to:

Abbreviations

• Crassulacean acid metabolism, a water-conserving metabolic process of most succulent plants
• Camelopardalis, standard astronomical abbreviation
• A camera or webcam
• Spring-loaded camming device a type of rock climbing protection equipment
• Camarilla (fan club), a literary fanclub of WhiteWolf games
• The names Camille, Camden, or Cameron can all be shortened to Cam
• Cam, a pen name used by Canadian editorial cartoonist Cameron Cardow
• A nickname for the rapper Cam'ron

Acronyms

• Complementary and alternative medicine
• '''C'''reative '''A'''rts '''M'''inistry of the Jesus Is Lord Church
• Current account mortgage, a type of offset mortgage that uses a single account
• Central American Ministries, a Jesuit mission in Central America
• Central attacking midfielder, a position in Association football
• Canadian Association of Magicians
• Compagnie Aerienne du Mali

Designation codes

• CAM, ICAO airline designator for Camai-Air
• CAM, station code for the Camberwell railway station, Melbourne
• CAM, Amtrak station code for the Camden Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot, South Carolina, United States

Museums

• Cartoon Art Museum, an art museum in San Francisco, California, specializing in the art of comics and cartoons
• Castle Air Museum, an air museum in Atwater, California displaying restored World War II, Korean War, and Cold War era aircraft.
• Chinese American Museum, an ethnic museum in Los Angeles
• Cincinnati Art Museum, an art museum in Cincinnati, Ohio

Computing

• Computer-aided manufacturing, computer-based software tools that assist in the manufacture of product components
• Conditional access module, an electronic device for allowing access to scrambled television programmes
• Content-addressable memory, a type of computer memory
• Categorical abstract machine, the machine behind Caml, and Ocaml Language
• Cellular automata machine, a computer dedicated to execution of cellular automaton processing

Locations

• River Cam, a river in Cambridgeshire, England
• Cam Brook, Somerset a small river in Somerset, England
• Cam, Gloucestershire, a village in Gloucestershire, England
• Cambridgeshire, which has the Chapman code "CAM"

Proteins

• Cell adhesion molecule, a protein located on a cell surface involved with the binding with other cells
• Calmodulin (CaM), a calcium-binding protein

Miscellaneous

• CAM ship, a type of World War II merchant ship which could launch, but not recover, a fighter aircraft
• Cam (bootleg), a form of motion picture copying
• Sandra Cam (born 1972), Belgian freestyle swimmer