# 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
* 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
* 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)