often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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The webcam records in 1080p resolution—anything less would be disappointing for the price—and delivers clear video quality with decent lighting balance in my tests.
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Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 22 Feb. 2025
Her face on her computer screen, caught in the gaze of her webcam, was mercifully small, its eyes frozen in desperate concentration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Its webcam works with Windows Hello and logs you in 95 percent of the time.
—Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
On a live webcam of San Diego harbor traffic, someone aboard the Premier can be heard saying that the jet's two crew members ejected right after takeoff, The Associated Press reported.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 22 Feb. 2025
Her face on her computer screen, caught in the gaze of her webcam, was mercifully small, its eyes frozen in desperate concentration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Its webcam works with Windows Hello and logs you in 95 percent of the time.
—Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
On a live webcam of San Diego harbor traffic, someone aboard the Premier can be heard saying that the jet's two crew members ejected right after takeoff, The Associated Press reported.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 9 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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