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Webcam - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Webcam : (noun)
1: a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and
transmit them over the internet
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Webcam :
(World-Wide Web camera) Any
video camera whose output is available for viewing via the
Internet or an intranet. Typically a webcam would be a
slow-scan CCD video camera connected to a video capture card
in a computer. Images from the camera are captured
periodically and made available on a web page. In 1999 there
are hundreds of webcams in operation around the world showing
everything from bedrooms to traffic.
[List?]
(1999-01-11)
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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