webcam
Americannoun
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webcams
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of webcam
First recorded in 1990–95; (World Wide) Web + cam(era)
Vocabulary lists containing webcam
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The farmer’s webcam was one of an estimated 1.2 billion internet-connected cameras worldwide, according to cybersecurity consultants S-RM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
When he launched the app on his phone for the webcam outside his coop, he was alarmed to see that its language had been switched to Arabic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
They were surfing a perfectly re-created Y2K-era internet, and navigating an early version of Apple’s Photo Booth to snap selfies with a first-generation iSight webcam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The nonprofit said there had been no sign around the nest “for several days” of Jackie, star of the webcam reality show since 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I had never visited it, but I’d seen photos and admired the view via webcam.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The Brockmans are among the thousands across the globe who have watched Jackie and Shadow bond and raise chicks via webcams installed by the nonprofit, Anna Brockman said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
To communicate, everyone turns on webcams and installs a little-known app called Zoom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
But the popular webcams will be shut off, as they have been deemed non-essential by zoo staff.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
Nasubi’s life inside the room was broadcast before voyeuristic webcams were common, and it began running the same year that “The Truman Show,” with its oddly similar plot, was released.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
There was a new computer to transport, webcams and zip drives, an additional monitor.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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