(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)