Computer Aided Design The design activities, including drafting and illustrating, in which information processing systems are used to carry out functions such as designing or improving a part or a product
Acronym for Computer-Aided-Design This is used to describe the process of using a computer to first design a part (CAD) and then a computer to develop the NC programs to machine (CAM) the part CAM Computer-Aided-Manufacturing
(v or n) Acronym for computer-aided drafting, computer-aided design, or computer-aided design/drafting The usage depends on the context in the design process and on whether the acronym refers to the physical computer system or the activity of using such a system to support technical and engineering graphics
Computer-aided design; the use of a computer in industrial design applications such as architecture, engineering and manufacturing