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By Shawn Desmond Podcasts, Blogs, Wiki, RSS
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Podcast

• A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over
  the Internet using syndication feeds, for
  playback on mobile devices and personal
  computers. 1 Like 'radio', it can mean both the
  content and the method of delivery the latter
  may also be termed podcasting. The host or author
  of a podcast is often called a podcaster.
• Though podcasters' web sites may also offer
  direct download or streaming of their content, a
  podcast is distinguished from other digital audio
  formats by its ability to be downloaded
  automatically using software capable of reading
  feed formats such as RSS or Atom.

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Blogs

• A blog is a website where entries are made in
  journal style and displayed in a reverse
  chronological order.
• Blogs often provide commentary or news on a
  particular subject, such as food, politics, or
  local news some function as more personal online
  diaries. A typical blog combines text, images,
  and links to other blogs, web pages, and other
  media related to its topic. The ability for
  readers to leave comments in an interactive
  format is an important part of many blogs. Most
  blogs are primarily textual although some focus
  on photographs (photoblog), videos (vlog), or
  audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider
  network of social media.

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Wiki

• A wiki (IPA 'w?.ki? ltWICK-eegt or 'wi?.ki?
  ltWEE-keegt1) is a type of Web site that allows
  the visitors themselves to easily add, remove,
  and otherwise edit and change some available
  content, sometimes without the need for
  registration. This ease of interaction and
  operation makes a wiki an effective tool for
  collaborative authoring. The term wiki also can
  refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki
  engine) that facilitates the operation of such a
  Web site, or to certain specific wiki sites,
  including the computer science site (an original
  wiki), WikiWikiWeb, and on-line encyclopedias
  such as Wikipedia.

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RSS

• RSS is a family of web feed formats used to
  publish frequently updated pages, such as blogs
  or news feeds. Consumers of RSS content use
  special browsers called aggregators to watch for
  new content in dozens or even hundreds of web
  feeds. The initials "RSS" are variously used to
  refer to the following standards
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
• Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0)
• RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)
• RSS formats are specified in XML (a generic
  specification for data formats). RSS delivers its
  information as an XML file called an "RSS feed",
  "webfeed", "RSS stream", or "RSS channel".

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