(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)