The abbreviation RSS stands for RDF Site Summary (or Really Simple Syndication, depending on who one believes), and it is basically a special kind of XML document that is commonly used to describe the latest items appearing on a web site. This means that one could find the latest software releases from a Fresh-meat RSS feed, while Slashdot's RSS feed would keep one informed about the latest published stories. But how does one use it? RSS is utilized behind the scenes of most of the "Headlines" sidebars found on a growing number of web pages. People use various dedicated RSS readers to keep track of news and blog entries. irssi users can have the latest headlines of chosen RSS feeds cycling in their status bar.
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