How to say "cam" in Japanese

• カムCommon
  nounThe mechanical sense: a rotating or sliding machine part whose shape drives the movement of other parts, as in engines. This loanword is the common word for that meaning.
• コンピューター援用生産コンピューターえんようせいさん
  nounThe manufacturing sense written out in Japanese: computer-aided manufacture. It means the same as the acronym ＣＡＭ and is likewise a less common term.
• ＣＡＭキャム
  nounThe manufacturing sense as the acronym itself, read キャム: computer-aided manufacturing. It is interchangeable in meaning with コンピューター援用生産 and is also less common.
• 内容呼び出しメモリないようよびだしメモリ
  nounThe computing sense: Content Addressed Memory, a type of memory. It has nothing to do with the machine part or manufacturing senses, so it is seldom the word you want for 'cam' otherwise.

Use 「カム」 for the mechanical machine part; for the manufacturing sense choose between 「コンピューター援用生産」 and ＣＡＭ, both less common; 「内容呼び出しメモリ」 is only for Content Addressed Memory in computing.

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• カムcam
• コンピューター援用生産コンピューターえんようせいさんcomputer-aided manufacture
• ＣＡＭキャムcomputer-aided manufacturing
• 内容呼び出しメモリないようよびだしメモリContent Addressed Memory