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== Links ==
== Links ==
=== General ===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoconferencing Wikipedia Video conferencing] (includes a list of software pointing to further entries)


* [http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/v/videoconferencing.html Videoconferencing - WeboPedia Definition]
* [http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/v/videoconferencing.html Videoconferencing - WeboPedia Definition]


* [http://foldoc.org/foldoc.cgi?query=videoconferencing video conferencing definition - Free On-line dictionary of computing (FOLDOC)]]
* [http://foldoc.org/foldoc.cgi?query=videoconferencing video conferencing definition - Free On-line dictionary of computing (FOLDOC)]]
=== Free products ===
=== Commercial products ===
* [http://www.webex.com/ WebEx]
* [http://www.saba.com/centra-saba/ Centra], now a product line of Saba
* Placeware, c.f. Microsoft


[[Category: Technologies]]
[[Category: Technologies]]

Revision as of 14:06, 26 September 2006

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Definition

  • “A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. Pictures and sound are carried by the telecommunication network and such conferences can take place across the world.” (FolDoc
  • “A videoconference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called visual collaboration and is a type of groupware (Wikipedia, retrieved 19:16, 26 June 2006 (MEST)).


Links

General

Free products

Commercial products

  • WebEx
  • Centra, now a product line of Saba
  • Placeware, c.f. Microsoft