(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)