web·cam
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Definition of webcam
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
Examples of webcam in a Sentence
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These webcams were operational as of Sunday morning. — Leigh Morgan, al, "Hurricane Dorian 2019: Watch Dorian approach the Bahamas and Florida on these webcams," 1 Sep. 2019 Other specs include Dolby Atmos, a 720p webcam with a privacy shutter, 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR3 memory, SSD storage up to 2TB, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, USB 3 Type-A, HDMI 1.4, a headphone jack, and gigabit Ethernet. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "Lenovo’s new Comet Lake-equipped ThinkPad X1 Carbon hits this September," 27 Aug. 2019 The good: Dell has fixed this laptop’s only remaining serious flaw, designing a super-slim 2mm webcam to fit into the thin screen bezel. — courant.com, "CNET: Best college laptops for 2019," 23 Aug. 2019 They were especially fascinated by the first ever webcam, the Trojan Room coffee pot cam, which monitored the status of a drip coffee maker for researchers at the University of Cambridge. — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, "Longest Running Web Cam Goes Offline This Month," 21 Aug. 2019 The new system will use a webcam to film arrivals at the bar, feeding back the order of a virtual line to bartenders via a display screen behind the counter. — Rob Picheta, CNN, "AI technology will decide who's next in line at the bar," 2 Aug. 2019 On Zoom conference calls across the US this week, brows furrowed as the news broke that the video conference company had a flaw in its backend that could give hackers access to people’s webcams. — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, "Security News this Week: Palantir Manual Shows How Law Enforcement Tracks Families," 13 July 2019 On Wednesday, Apple began sending out updates to remove the web server software of Zoom Video Communications from its Macs after a accessibility flaw that could let a person access someone’s Mac webcam was discovered in the Zoom app. — Rex Crum, The Mercury News, "Apple disables Walkie Talkie app after flaw revealed," 11 July 2019 The celebrations for the worldwide symbol of freedom and of friendship between France and the United States included the naturalization of 125 new citizens from 46 nations and the installation of Internet webcams on the statue. — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, "These tweets from May were my cup of tea.," 3 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'webcam.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for webcam
webcam
noun
English Language Learners Definition of webcam
: a small video camera that is used to show live images on a Web site
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webcam
noun
web·cam
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Kids Definition of webcam
: a small video camera that is used to show live images on a Web site
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