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, University of Cambridge radio station
- CAM (record company), aka CAM Jazz
- CAM Community School District, a school district in Iowa
- 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
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
- 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
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
In computing
- CAM Table, to find where to forward a data packet
- Categorical abstract machine in applicative computing
- Computer-aided manufacturing
- 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
- Calmodulin (CaM), a calcium-binding protein
- Cell adhesion molecule, proteins on cell surfaces
- Chorioallantoic membrane, in developing eggs
- Crassulacean acid metabolism, a plant carbon-fixing pathway
Other 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
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
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
- 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
- Tropical Storm Cam (1996)
- Tropical Storm Cam (1999)
- Cam (bootleg), motion picture recording
- Common area maintenance charges, a leasing term
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Cam (film), a 2018 American horror-thriller film
See also
- Kam (disambiguation)
- Çam (disambiguation)