often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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Apple upgraded the webcam to 12 megapixels for crisper and clearer 1080-pixel resolution during video calls.
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Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 8 Apr. 2025
Friends of Big Bear Valley, the group that maintains the webcam that streams the lives of the eagle family, announced the new names in a post on Facebook on Tuesday.
—James Powel, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
While its capabilities are likely to improve over time, the only obvious current AI features are the special webcam effects available in the Windows Camera app.
—PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
The webcam has a view of between 115 and 120 degrees, which is wide enough to cover a small meeting or huddle room.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 8 Apr. 2025
Friends of Big Bear Valley, the group that maintains the webcam that streams the lives of the eagle family, announced the new names in a post on Facebook on Tuesday.
—James Powel, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
While its capabilities are likely to improve over time, the only obvious current AI features are the special webcam effects available in the Windows Camera app.
—PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
The webcam has a view of between 115 and 120 degrees, which is wide enough to cover a small meeting or huddle room.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 15 Apr. 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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