Cam or CAM may refer to:

Science and technology

Cam (mechanism) A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a linkage (mechanical), mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion. It is often a part of a rotating wheel (e.g. an eccentric wheel) or shaft (e.g. a cylinder with ...

, a mechanical linkage which translates motion * Camshaft, a shaft with a cam *

Camera A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. As a pivotal technology in the fields of photograp ...

webcam A webcam is a video camera which is designed to record or stream to a computer or computer network. They are primarily used in Videotelephony, video telephony, live streaming and social media, and Closed-circuit television, security. Webcams can b ...

, a device that records images or video

In computing

Computer-aided manufacturing Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most ...

, 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-addressable memory (CAM) is a special type of computer memory used in certain very-high-speed searching applications. It is also known as associative memory or associative storage and compares input search data against a table of stored ...

* Content Assembly Mechanism, for information exchange

In biology

* Crassulacean acid metabolism, a plant carbon-fixing pathway *

Calmodulin Calmodulin (CaM) (an abbreviation for calcium-modulated protein) is a multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all Eukaryote, eukaryotic cells. It is an intracellular target of the Second messenger system, sec ...

(CaM), a calcium-binding protein * Cell adhesion molecule, proteins on cell surfaces * Chorioallantoic membrane, in developing eggs * CAM clade, under

Diaphoretickes Diaphoretickes is a major group of eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms spanning over 400,000 species. The majority of the earth's biomass that carries out photosynthesis belongs to Diaphoretickes. In older classification systems, members of the Diaph ...

, 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 * 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 cam (camrip or camming, deriving from ''camcorder'') is a bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater. Generally unlike the more common DVD rip or screener recording methods which involve the duplication of officially distributed ...

, 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 The Cincinnati Art Museum is an art museum in the Eden Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies, and is one of the oldest in the United States. Its collection of ...

, 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 The Clube Atlético Mineiro (), commonly known as Atlético Mineiro and colloquially as the Galo (, "Rooster"), is a professional association football club in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Minas ...

, 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 Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

, IOC country code *

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...

, 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 Common area maintenance charges (CAM) are one of the net charges billed to tenants in a commercial triple net (NNN) lease, and are paid by tenants to the landlord of a commercial property. A CAM charge is an additional rent, charged on top of base ...

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