webcams

Monitor-mounted cameras

Webcams are small video cameras designed to stream or capture images for transmission over the internet.

They're built into laptops and phones or attached externally to computers for video calls, livestreaming, and security monitoring.

The singular webcam combines "web" and "camera": Turn on your webcam for the meeting.

She covers her webcam with tape for privacy.

streaming

live

To exist or dwell

streamers · vlog · webcast · real-time · content-creator · viewership · audience · channel · OBS · overlay

communication

videoconferencing

Remote visual group communication

webinar · meeting · conference · collaboration · Zoom · Skype · face-to-face · tutorial · check-in · catch-up

hardware

lens

Light-focusing curved glass

microphone · USB · peripheral · clip · stand · mount · driver · plug-and-play · autofocus · high-definition

surveillance

monitoring

Ongoing observation of something

footage · alert · intrusion · deterrent · dashcam

privacy

spying

Secretly observing others

  • snoopingSecretly investigating others
  • hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
  • coverProtect by overlaying

tape · access · permission · malware · RAT · voyeurism · exploitation · consent · invasion · cybersecurity

Categories
Opposites
input/output modality

webcamsmonitors

Tracks or displays

speakers · displays · screens · projectors · microphones

visibility/privacy

webcamsprivacy screens

Barriers limiting visual access

blackout curtains · VPNs · blindfolds

digital vs. analog capture

webcamsfilm cameras

Devices exposing photographic negatives

pinhole cameras · daguerreotypes · disposable cameras · camcorders

Phrases
Family

webcam

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG