/see`-yoo-see' -mee/ ("CU" from {Cornell UniveRSity}) A {shareware} {peRSonal computer}-based videoconferencing program for use over the Internet, developed at Cornell UniveRSity, starting in 1992. CU-SeeMe allows for direct audiovisual connections between clients, or, like irc, it can support multi-user converencing via serveRS (here called "reflectoRS") to distribute the video and audio signals between multiple clients. CU-SeeMe was the fiRSt videoconferencing tool available at a reasonable price (in this case, free) to useRS of peRSonal computeRS. Start . . Compare with multicast backbone. (1996-12-01)