What is RSS?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. RSS is used by (among other things) news websites, weblogs and podcasting. RSS feeds provide web content, or summaries of web content, together with links to the full versions of the content. RSS delivers this information as an XML file called an RSS feed, webfeed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. 
In addition to facilitating syndication, RSS feeds allow a website’s frequent readers to track updates on the site as soon as they become available using an aggregator. The aggregator provides a consolidated view of the content in a single browser display or desktop application. Such aggregators or applications are also referred to as RSS readers, feed readers, feed aggregators or news readers.

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