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Probably because originally these were the sort of devices used to video chat/stream to other people over the Ethernet, and then when it became more common to link these with a HTTP server and access the images over the WWW ‘web cam’ caught on as a marketing term.

But your right that *now* a webcam implies that it is networked device that hosts itself.

Bruno’s original request, BTW, is to support over 70 usb cameras. Since cheap usb video camera can be as cheap at $5 a pop while cheap IP webcams may be closer to $40+, I can see the appeal.  Just seems that an easier solution would be to save images locally and host them via a local http server, or ADURL which can read local images.

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Subject: Re: areaDetector driver for webcams?