NAD biosynthetic process via the salvage pathway
Any process that generates nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) from vitamin B3 derivatives, including nicotinic acid (NA) and nicotinamide (NAM), or from beta-nicotinamide D-ribonucleotide (NMN), nicotinamide riboside (NR) or nicotinate riboside (NAR), without de novo synthesis.