What is an "RSS feed"?

What is an "RSS feed"?

RSS feeds take many different shapes and forms. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and the most commonly used type of RSS feed is for a website to maintain basic information with one of the people who visit the website. The way I explain it is, if you were in CNN, at the actual CNN office and something around the world. You might see a tele-type ticker sending you information and read it "Oh there was an earthquake in Bangladesh two seconds ago", but it takes time for that news to process, put on the television show on the case of CNN.com Put on their website needs video needs additional information. On RSS feeds allows you to get that information out to the public on a simple text format. RSS readers know when a new feed been added to a particular signal. They know there is a new, new story; they check it on a regular innervolk. So that earthquake or whatever happens, it hasn't hit the website yet and hasn't hit the television site yet, on RSS feed might blink or beep at you and let you know that something happen that needs your attention.