often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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Check out the webcam for live updates and the weather report for current conditions.
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Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Users make the screen expand by pressing a dedicated button on the keyboard or by making a hand gesture at the PC's webcam.
—Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
Image: Lenovo The Slim 9i has a 98 percent screen-to-body ratio and features a no-notch webcam for an attractive, bezel-free design.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
Their nest, which is perched 145 feet above the ground in a Jeffrey pine tree, is the highest bald eagle nest observed by a webcam in the country, Steers said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Users make the screen expand by pressing a dedicated button on the keyboard or by making a hand gesture at the PC's webcam.
—Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
Image: Lenovo The Slim 9i has a 98 percent screen-to-body ratio and features a no-notch webcam for an attractive, bezel-free design.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
Their nest, which is perched 145 feet above the ground in a Jeffrey pine tree, is the highest bald eagle nest observed by a webcam in the country, Steers said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 22 Jan. 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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