Cam

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A cam is a mechanical linkage which translates motion.

Cam or CAM may also refer to:

People

• Cam Archer (born 1982), an American filmmaker, writer, and photographer
• Cam Cairncross (born 1972), a former Australian Major League Baseball pitcher
• Cam Cameron (born 1961), a former NFL head coach
• Cam Gigandet (born 1982), an American actor
• Cam Janssen (born 1984), an American-born professional ice hockey player
• Cam Neely (born 1965), a former Canadian-born professional ice hockey player
• Cam Ward (born 1984), a Canadian-born professional ice hockey goaltender
• Cam Woolley (born 1957), a Canadian television journalist and former police officer
• DJ Cam (born Laurent Daumail in 1973), a French DJ

Abbreviations

• Crassulacean acid metabolism, a water-conserving metabolic process of most succulent plants
• Cell adhesion molecule, a type of protein present on the surface of cells
• Camelopardalis, standard astronomical abbreviation
• Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco, an indigenous Mapuche organization in Chile
• 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
• A nickname for the rapper Cam'ron
• Chorioallantoic membrane, a structure found in developing eggs

Acronyms

• Canadian Association of Magicians
• Central Attacking Midfielder, a position in Association football
• Clube Atlético Mineiro, a popular Brazilian Football team
• Compagnie Aerienne du Mali
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Conditional Access Module, a hardware facility relating to TV-broadcasts
• Catapult Aircraft Merchantman, see CAM Ship
• Current Account Mortgage, a type of offset mortgage that uses a single account
• Central American Ministries, a Jesuit mission in Central America

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
• Content Assembly Mechanism, defines how information exchanges should occur between computer systems
• 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 mural, digital printing method to create murals

Rivers

• River Cam, Cambridgeshire
• River Cam (Gloucestershire)
• River Cam (Somerset)
• Cam Brook, Somerset a small river in Somerset, England

Places

• Cam, Gloucestershire, a village in Gloucestershire, England
• Cambridgeshire, which has the Chapman code "CAM"
• Cam Mountains , An Giang Province, Vietnam

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
• Centrifuge Accommodations Module, a cancelled component of the International Space Station

See also

• Camlock (disambiguation)

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