often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
Examples of webcam in a Sentence
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Both the front-facing (webcam) and rear-facing cameras have sliding privacy shutters.
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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
The permanent connections to peripherals like printers or webcams can be connected via the rear ports, keeping everything neat.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Plus a couple of extra parts, a webcam, a Raspberry Pi board, and a tripod really, so only four components.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
Further Reading Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
Right now, even if your PC has an NPU in it, Windows can't use it for much, aside from webcam background blurring and a handful of other video effects.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
No one wants to pack a webcam in their already bulging baggage.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2024
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
The permanent connections to peripherals like printers or webcams can be connected via the rear ports, keeping everything neat.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Plus a couple of extra parts, a webcam, a Raspberry Pi board, and a tripod really, so only four components.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
Further Reading Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
Right now, even if your PC has an NPU in it, Windows can't use it for much, aside from webcam background blurring and a handful of other video effects.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
No one wants to pack a webcam in their already bulging baggage.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 31 Jan. 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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