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Cam

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Cam or CAM may refer to:

Science and technology

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • CAM ship (Catapult Aircraft Merchantman), World War II
  • Corpo d'Armata Motocorazzato, an Italian Army corps, World War II

Codes

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  • 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

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  • Common area maintenance charges, a leasing term
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Tropical Storm Cam (1996)
  • Tropical Storm Cam (1999)

See also

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  • Camming (disambiguation)
  • Çam (disambiguation)
  • Kam (disambiguation)
  • River Cam (disambiguation)
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