often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
Examples of webcam in a Sentence
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Its new offices serve as a living lab, Russell says, essentially a space to experiment and track how people work in a hybrid setting, leveraging data from webcams and space management software to determine room usage like the number of people in a room and how often rooms are booked.
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Trey Williams, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
This is a 1080p webcam with IR support, and the video quality is sharp and clear, which is good news for mobile professionals.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
Amid the chill of winter, a heartwarming tale emerges (via webcam) of a devoted bald eagle couple and their eggs.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
Fans who track the lives of the Big Bear bald eagles via their 24-hour live webcam are now maintaining a vigil known as pip watch.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Both the front-facing (webcam) and rear-facing cameras have sliding privacy shutters.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
Just last week, their gallery received a new addition when the Drummond Island Tourist Association installed a second webcam at Yacht Haven.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
The webcam on the Commercial 14 has a fuzzy 720p resolution, which by all rights should be 1080p at this point.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
The executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates the webcam, says she’s always tried to maintain a practical point of view.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Trey Williams, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
This is a 1080p webcam with IR support, and the video quality is sharp and clear, which is good news for mobile professionals.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
Amid the chill of winter, a heartwarming tale emerges (via webcam) of a devoted bald eagle couple and their eggs.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
Fans who track the lives of the Big Bear bald eagles via their 24-hour live webcam are now maintaining a vigil known as pip watch.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Both the front-facing (webcam) and rear-facing cameras have sliding privacy shutters.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
Just last week, their gallery received a new addition when the Drummond Island Tourist Association installed a second webcam at Yacht Haven.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
The webcam on the Commercial 14 has a fuzzy 720p resolution, which by all rights should be 1080p at this point.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
The executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates the webcam, says she’s always tried to maintain a practical point of view.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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webcam
noun
web·cam
ˈweb-ˌkam 
often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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