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noun con·fer·enc·ing \ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)-siŋ, -fərn(t)-\

Definition of conferencing

: the holding of conferences especially by means of an electronic communications system computer conferencing

Recent Examples of conferencing from the Web

The rumor comes after Amazon in February launched an enterprise video conferencing service dubbed Chime.

— angela moscaritolo, Fox News, "Amazon working on 'Anytime' messaging app, reports say," 18 July 2017
Amazon debuted its Chime video conferencing service in February while Google overhauled its Hangouts video and chatting service in May to specifically target business clients.

— jonathan vanian, Fortune, "Microsoft Is Bringing Skype to Somewhere It’s Never Been Before," 13 July 2017
The U-Dub researchers say the innovation could be used for various virtual-reality purposes and to improve video conferencing.

— douglas perry, OregonLive.com, "Meet the fake Barack Obama: University of Washington heralds the end of reality as we know it," 13 July 2017
Instead of attending, the team will be video conferencing in while their robot competes against 163 other inventions.

— suzannah weiss, Teen Vogue, "Afghan Teen Girls Denied U.S. Entry to Compete in Robotics Competition," 2 July 2017
Better than video conferencingA growing number of university professors are using interactive robots in their classrooms to help students who have to miss class.

— anne ryman, azcentral, "A robot named Gizmo attends university classes for you," 19 June 2017
Video conferencing was enabled between the conference room and another at the MTA's downtown operations center near Lexington Market for officials to share updates.

— colin campbell, baltimoresun.com, "MTA officials pull all-nighter for 3 a.m. launch of $135 million BaltimoreLink bus route overhaul," 18 June 2017
The company's cloud-hosting unit, Amazon Web Services, in February unveiled a paid-for video and audio conferencing service — Amazon Chime — that lets users chat and share content.

— alex sherman, chicagotribune.com, "Message startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon.com," 15 June 2017
The second FBI team did not meet with the first team or discuss its work, and a shipwide ban on Skype and video-conferencing took effect, FBI counterterrorism official C. Bryan Paarmann testified.

— spencer s. hsu, Washington Post, "Thirteen days in the history of the accused leader of the Benghazi attacks," 9 June 2017

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