communications /see`-yoo-see'-mee/ ("CU" from
Cornell University) A
shareware personal computer-based
videoconferencing program for use over the
Internet, developed at
Cornell University, starting in 1992.
CU-SeeMe allows for direct
audiovisual connections between
clients, or, like
irc, it can support multi-user converencing via
servers (here called "reflectors") to distribute the video and audio signals between multiple clients.
CU-SeeMe was the first videoconferencing tool available at a reasonable price (in this case, free) to users of personal computers.
(https://cu-seeme.cornell.edu/).
(https://home.stlnet.com/~hubble/cuseeme/index.html).
Compare with
multicast backbone.
(1996-12-01)