webcasting, n. Computing.
Brit. /ˈwɛbkɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈwɛbkastɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɛbˌkæstɪŋ/
Forms: 19– web casting, 19– web-casting, 19– webcasting [Also with capital initial.]
[‹ web n. + -casting (in broadcasting n.).]
Broadcasting over the Internet, esp. the transmission of a video signal that is viewable in real time by multiple users of a web site; (also) the action or practice of disseminating information over the Internet using push technology (cf. push n.2).
| 1995 Interactive Age (Nexis) 3 July 33 SportsZone's operations..run around-the-clock like the CNN of Webcasting. 1995 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 8 Oct. b5 Let there be a link to Maryland Public Television's Webcasting site... Here the faithful with really speedy Net connections may view the pope's mass live at 10:30 a.m. 1997 NetGuide Aug. 125/1 Now content creators and site developers will be able to use the ‘Webcasting’ features of the browsers' next versions to deliver push content to these audiences without having to learn significant new tools. 1998 New Scientist 28 Feb. 18/1 The 3D mimicry of the action requires less bandwidth than transmitting TV pictures, making it more suitable for webcasting. |