Of similar utility are dedicated aggregator websites. Personal Web portals also read RSS feeds, offering the additional benefit of portability, since they can be accessed from any computer. The user then has a single source where all of the latest content is automatically available.Īlthough full-featured software packages are available for RSS reading, many Web browsers include simple aggregators. The aggregator monitors any number of sites’ feeds and centrally organizes and displays the new material for the user. The feed tells the reader when new material-such as a news article, a blog posting, or an audio or a video clip-has been published on the website. RSS, in full really simple syndication, formerly called RDF site summary or rich site summary, format used to provide subscribers with new content from frequently updated websites.Īn RSS feed is a set of instructions residing on the computer server of a website, which is given upon request to a subscriber’s RSS reader, or aggregator.

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