webcam

English

A webcam installed on the Shetland Islands

Portable webcam with microphone, designed for video calls

From Web +‎ cam, shortened from camera.

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.

video camera viewed over a network

Arabic: كَامِيرَا وِيب f (kāmērā web)
Bengali: ওয়েবক্যাম (oebkêm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 攝像頭 / 摄像头 (zh) (shèxiàngtóu), 網路攝影機 / 网路摄影机 (wǎnglù shèyǐngjī)
Czech: webkamera (cs)
Danish: webkamera n
Dutch: webcam (nl), (very informal) cam (nl)
Esperanto: retkamerao, retfotilo
Faroese: vevmyndatól n
Finnish: verkkokamera, webbikamera (fi)
French: webcam (fr) f, cam (fr) f, webcaméra (fr) f
Galician: cámara web f
Georgian: ვებკამერა (vebḳamera)
German: Webcam (de) f
Hindi: वेबकैम (vebkaim)
Icelandic: vefmyndavél f, (slang) vebbi m, (extremely rare) vefauga n, (extremely rare) tölvuauga n, (extremely rare) glyrna f
Italian: webcam (it)
Japanese: ウェブカム (webukamu), ウェブカメラ (webukamera)
Korean: 웹캠 (wepkaem), 웹카메라 (wepkamera)
Macedonian: веб-камера f (veb-kamera)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nettkamera n, webkamera n

Nynorsk: nettkamera n, webkamera n
Polish: kamer(k)a internetowa f
Portuguese: (Portugal) câmara web f, (Brazil) webcam f
Russian: веб-ка́мера (ru) f (vɛb-kámera), ве́бка (ru) f (vɛ́bka)
Spanish: cámara web f, webcam m or f, wébkam f
Swedish: webbkamera (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: เว็บแคม (wép kaem), เว็บแคเมรา (wép kaemayraa)
Turkish: Web Kamera sg, Webcam sg
Vietnamese: webcam (vi)

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.
- 2014, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Fatal Conceit, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 178:
  I got on his computer and wrote the note. I swear there was nothing on his screen like he was webcamming with her but she must have been recording.
(transitive) To film and broadcast with a webcam.
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 139:
  We should webcam it.