Learn in the textbookWork Environment and Groupware
DefinitionWeb conferencing (Web会議) is a meeting format in which video and audio are exchanged over the internet so that participants in different places can talk at the same time.
ExplanationAnyone with an app or a browser on a PC or smartphone can join, and the group can talk while viewing the same screen or documents. Groupware is software that lets members of an organization share information and work together, and a web conferencing function is often built into it. Because it cuts travel time and costs, it is used for working from home and for meetings that span multiple sites.
AnalogyIt is as if everyone stays at their own desk yet sits around the same conference table.