variants
often Webcam
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the Internet
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The Lyra webcam has a physical privay shutter built in.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The low-budget movie follows two teenage girls whose lives unfold through webcam chats, video diaries and online messages.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Some camcorders can connect to your PC via a USB cable and then operate as a webcam for livestreaming, online teaching or YouTube recording.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Miller has built a web tool to automatically detect bears in the webcams from Brooks River that originally inspired the project.
—Emily Wanderer, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The low-budget movie follows two teenage girls whose lives unfold through webcam chats, video diaries and online messages.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Some camcorders can connect to your PC via a USB cable and then operate as a webcam for livestreaming, online teaching or YouTube recording.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Miller has built a web tool to automatically detect bears in the webcams from Brooks River that originally inspired the project.
—Emily Wanderer, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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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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