Cam

A cam is a mechanical linkage which translates motion.

Cam or CAM may also refer to:

Businesses and organizations

• Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, a Spanish savings bank
• Cam FM, a student-run radio station at the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University
• Canadian Association of Magicians
• Central American Ministries, a Jesuit mission in Central America
• Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco, an indigenous Mapuche organization in Chile
• Compagnie Aerienne du Mali, former name for Air Mali
• Comité d'Action Musulman, a political party in Mauritius

People

• Cam (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
• Cam'ron (born 1976), American rapper, formerly known as Killa Cam
• 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

In science and technology

• Camera or webcam
• Camshaft (a part of most modern internal combustion engines), in automotive slang

In computing

• .cam file format, used by CadSoft Eagle for CAM processor configuration files
• CAM Table, a system memory used to dereference Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
• Categorical abstract machine, the machine behind the Caml and Ocaml languages
• Cellular automata machine, a computer dedicated to execution of cellular automaton processing
• Computer-aided manufacturing, techniques for employing computers in manufacturing processes
• Computer aided mural, digital printing method to create murals
• Conditional-access module, an electronic device for allowing access to scrambled television programs
• Content-addressable memory, a type of computer memory
• Content Assembly Mechanism, defines how information exchanges should occur between computer systems

In biology

• Calmodulin (CaM), a calcium-binding protein
• Cell adhesion molecule, a type of protein present on the surface of cells
• Chorioallantoic membrane, a structure found in developing eggs
• Crassulacean acid metabolism, a water-conserving metabolic process of most succulent plants

Other uses

• Camelopardalis, a constellation, abbreviated Cam
• Centrifuge Accommodations Module, a canceled component of the International Space Station

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
• Central Attacking Midfielder, a position in association football
• Cam ECS, a 2014 Nerf blaster released under the N-Strike Elite series

Military

• CAM ship (Catapult Aircraft Merchantman), a type of World War II merchant ship which could launch, but not recover, fighter aircraft
• Corpo d'Armata Motocorazzato, an Italian Army corps during World War II

Codes

• Camberwell railway station, Melbourne, Australia (station code CAM)
• Cambridgeshire, England (Chapman code CAM)
• Camden Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot, South Carolina, United States (Amtrak station code CAM)
• Camai Air (ICAO designator CAM), an American airline (see Airline codes-C)

Other uses

• Tropical Storm Cam (disambiguation), two tropical cyclones in the Pacific Ocean
• Cam (bootleg), a form of motion picture copying
• Common area maintenance charges, a leasing term
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Current Account Mortgage, a type of offset mortgage that uses a single account

See also

• Kam (disambiguation)