often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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These live webcams along the beach will capture various vantage points.
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David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025
Join Zoom meeting using the 1080p webcam or engage in casual gaming thanks to the RTX 3050 GPU.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
As seen in a Weather Sicily webcam video, the eruption rapidly grew from a few lava flows to cascades of boiling ash and smoke that rose into a large cloud.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 June 2025
Somewhere in a factory far removed from the work itself, a production line is assembling keycaps, mice rollers, and webcam shutters that will soon make their way into the hands of knowledge workers around the world.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025
Join Zoom meeting using the 1080p webcam or engage in casual gaming thanks to the RTX 3050 GPU.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
As seen in a Weather Sicily webcam video, the eruption rapidly grew from a few lava flows to cascades of boiling ash and smoke that rose into a large cloud.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 June 2025
Somewhere in a factory far removed from the work itself, a production line is assembling keycaps, mice rollers, and webcam shutters that will soon make their way into the hands of knowledge workers around the world.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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