webcam
English
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A webcam installed on the Shetland Islands
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Portable webcam with microphone, designed for video calls
Etymology
[edit]From Web + cam, shortened from camera.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛbˌkæm/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]webcam (plural webcams)
- (computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.
- 1996 April 29, Steve Lohr, “Dining Out in Manhattan: How to See and Be Seen”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, page D24:
- And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?
- 2020 July 25, Chris Baraniuk, “No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage”, in BBC News[2]:
- As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends. Overnight, webcams went from mundane computer accessories to gold dust.
Hypernyms
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[edit]video camera viewed over a network
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Verb
[edit]webcam (third-person singular simple present webcams, present participle webcamming, simple past and past participle webcammed)
- (intransitive) To take part in a video communication using a webcam.
- (transitive) To film and broadcast with a webcam.
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 139:
- We should webcam it.
Further reading
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Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]webcam m (plural webcams, diminutive webcammetje n)
- webcam [late 1990s]
French
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]webcam f (plural webcams)
Synonyms
[edit]- cybercaméra (France)
Further reading
[edit]- “webcam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.
Noun
[edit]webcam f (invariable)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]webcam f (plural webcams)
- (computing) webcam (video camera viewed over a computer network)
- Synonym: câmara web
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]webcam m (plural webcams)
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