meaning of webcam

1. webcam Web, hardware, video> World-Wide Web camera Any video camera whose output is available for viewing via the Internet or an intranet. Typically a webcam would be a slow-scan CCD video camera connected to a video capture card in a computer. Images from the camera are captured periodically and made available on a web page. In 1999 there are hundreds of webcams in operation around the world showing everything from bedrooms to traffic. [List?]
2. a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet

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