often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
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The webcam built into the Illuminate is based on the 8MP webcam in Alogic’s popular Clarity displays, but with a bump in the resolution to 12MP using a new image sensor.
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Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
However, the 1080p webcam above the display disappoints with its grainy picture.
—PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
In the decade that the webcam has been focused on the nest, Jackie has had five chicks.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
The webcam built into the Illuminate is based on the 8MP webcam in Alogic’s popular Clarity displays, but with a bump in the resolution to 12MP using a new image sensor.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 15 Mar. 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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