(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)
