Zoom calls
Virtual face-to-face gatherings
Video calls conducted through Zoom, the videoconferencing platform that became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The term often applies loosely to any video call regardless of platform: I have three Zoom calls today.
Zoom calls brought new anxieties—unmuted microphones, awkward backgrounds, the you're on mute refrain—and new exhaustion: Zoom fatigue.
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- video conferencingReal-time audiovisual communication online
- webcamComputer-mounted video capture device
- meetingGathering for discussion
- muteWithout voice or sound
camera off · unmute · screen share · virtual · remote · gallery view · breakout rooms · waiting room · bandwidth · lag · frozen · technical difficulties · background · blur · chat · participants · host · raise hand
- Virtual Hangoutswatch parties, virtual happy hour, group chats, virtual tours, virtual concerts
- digital lifeapps, email, texting, web browsing, online shopping
- long-distance lovelong distance, LDR, love letters, reunion, visits
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- career developmentcareer advice, career goals, career path, career paths, career change
- screen timeapp usage, scrolling, browsing, swiping, clicking