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WebCams

What are they?

A web camera (or webcam) is a real time camera whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web, instant messaging, or a PC video calling application. Generally, a digital camera delivers images to a web server, either continuously or at regular intervals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam

A video camera attached to a Web site. Its latest image is available on or requestable from the World Wide Web.
http://www.digitalmadurai.com/main/glossary.htm

A webcam, or web camera, is the loosely used term for any camera that generates images that can be accessed by and displayed on the world wide web through a server. A webcam is essentially just a camera that is connected to a computer, either directly or wirelessly, and gathers a series of images for remote display elsewhere. Webcam technology is widely used by all sorts of people for all sorts of different reasons.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-webcam.htm

 

 

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