webcam

Or Web·cam

[web-kam]

noun

1. a digital camera whose images are transmitted, often in real time, over the World Wide Web.

webcam

/ ˈwɛbˌkæm /

noun

1. a camera that transmits still or moving images over the internet

Word History and Origins

Origin of webcam¹

First recorded in 1990–95; (World Wide) Web + cam(era)

Example Sentences

Several webcams are still livestreaming and show activists aboard the ships.

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But the popular webcams will be shut off, as they have been deemed non-essential by zoo staff.

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He says he'll be live for 12 hours of the livestream as he no longer has the energy for longer marathon sessions in front of the webcam.

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Thousands of adoring fans had watched them hatch on a 24-hour webcam that monitors the family and now they were growing up — fast.

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Sofi, a mother-of-two from Medellín, had been a waitress in a nightclub but, fed up with being insulted by customers, moved into webcam modelling.

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