Web Conferencing Terms
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Term
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Definition
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| Application Sharing | A feature allowing two or more people to collaboratively use the same applications on a remote system. |
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Collaboration |
The term for working with others simultaneously to view or modify documents or applications. |
| Document Sharing | Similar to collaboration, but it allows a participant to view and edit one document collaboratively in a remote location. |
| Ad-Hoc Meeting | A meeting that isn’t planned, setup “on-the-go.” |
| Annotation Tools |
Tools that allow a host to draw, annotate, highlight or point at certain areas on a shared screen. |
| Polling |
An application that is fairly common in web conferencing solutions for taking consumer insights and taking consensus. |
| Video Conferencing | The use of video cameras in two or more locations that often requires similar video conferencing equipment to function. (differs from web conferencing) |
| Webcasting | The widespread broadcast of video and audio over the Internet. These can be private or public, and are typically one way broadcasts that can be Live or recorded. |
