This list is a comparison of
web conferencing software available for Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. Many of the applications support the use of
videoconferencing.
Comparison chart
Terminology
In the table above, the following terminology is intended to be used to describe some important features:
*Audio Support: the remote control software transfers audio signals across the network and plays the audio through the speakers attached to the local computer. For example, music playback software normally sends audio signals to the locally attached speakers, via some sound controller hardware. If the remote control software package supports audio transfer, the playback software can run on the remote computer, while the music can be heard from the local computer, as though the software were running locally.
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Co-Browsing: the navigation of the Web by several people accessing the same web pages at the same time. When session leader clicks on a link, all other users are transferred to the new page. Co-browsers should support multiple frames and support embedded multimedia (e.g., if a page contains a video player, the session leader may commence synchronized playback for all users. Passing URLs via other tools such as a chat or phone and entering them into browser by each user is not considered co-browsing.
*File Transfer: the software allows the user to transfer files between the local and remote computers, from within the client program's user interface.
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Unified Communications (UC) is a
marketing buzzword
A buzzword is a word or phrase, new or already existing, that becomes popular for a period of time. Buzzwords often derive from technical terms yet often have much of the original technical meaning removed through fashionable use, being simply used ...
describing the integration of real-time, enterprise, communication services such as
instant messaging (chat),
presence information In computer and telecommunications networks, presence information is a status indicator that conveys ability and willingness of a potential communication partner—for example a user—to communicate. A user's client provides presence information (p ...
, voice (including
IP telephony), mobility features (including extension mobility and single number reach), audio, web &
video conferencing,
fixed-mobile convergence (FMC),
desktop sharing
Desktop sharing is a common name for technologies and products that allow remote access and remote collaboration on a person's computer desktop through a graphical terminal emulator.
The most common two scenarios for desktop sharing are:
* Remo ...
, data sharing (including web connected electronic
interactive whiteboards),
call control and
speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as
unified messaging (integrated
voicemail,
e-mail,
SMS
Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...
and
fax). UC is not necessarily a single product, but a set of products that provides a consistent unified user-interface and user-experience across multiple devices and media-types.
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