Editing Web conferencing (section)

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[[File:Lee Odden on Twebinar.jpg|thumb|Example of a web conferencing [[computer screen]]]]

'''Web conferencing''' is used as an [[umbrella term]] for various types of online [[conference|conferencing]] and collaborative services including '''webinars''' ('''web seminars'''), [[webcast]]s, and web meetings. Sometimes it may be used also in the more narrow sense of the peer-level web meeting context, in an attempt to disambiguate it from the other types known as collaborative sessions.<ref name="Webinar Or Webcast - What's The Difference?">{{Cite web|url=https://wsuccess.typepad.com/webinarblog/2007/03/webinar_or_webc.html|title=Webinar Or Webcast – What's The Difference?|website=The Webinar Blog|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2019-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827101841/https://wsuccess.typepad.com/webinarblog/2007/03/webinar_or_webc.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In general, web conferencing is made possible by [[Internet]] technologies, particularly on [[TCP/IP]] connections. Services may allow [[real-time text|real-time]] [[Point-to-point (telecommunications)|point-to-point]] communications as well as [[multicast]] [[communication]]s from one sender to many receivers. It offers data streams of [[text-based]] messages, voice and [[video chat]] to be shared simultaneously, across geographically dispersed locations. Applications for web conferencing include [[meeting]]s, training events, lectures, or [[presentation]]s from a web-connected [[computer]] to other web-connected computers.