For The Love Of Port

I have seen the term RSS Feed a few times recently but have no idea what it is or whether or not it is useful to me.

Can someone please explain?

Derek

RSS = Root Sum of Squares.

In a square of land there are only so many roots that you can have, which is the sum. An arable farmer may sell this to a livestock farmer for over-wintering. This would be RSS Feed.

Disclaimer: the above definition is deliberately misleading

Derek,

If your really. really interested.... (And you have been warned),

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)

My eyes glazed over before the end of the first sentence!

Alan

Computer geek to English, RSS is simply a format that allows the content from a web site, to be distributed to people interested in it, without them having sign up for, say a newsletter. Forum updates, etc. Anything that has dynamically changing content.

You install an RSS reader on your computer, point it at the RSS feed (website that offers the special RSS feeds for some or all of its content) and as soon as changes are broadcast by that feed, your reader captures it, allowing you to get the new content without having to visit each web site individually. You could, hypothetically, view many pages of content all from your one RSS reader without having to browse to each website individually.

Hope this helps, somewhat :?

Todd

Thamks, Todd - much more helpful than the other responses

Derek

Derek Turnbull wrote:Thamks, Todd - much more helpful than the other responses

Derek

Oi - mine makes perfect sense.

KillerB wrote: Oi - mine makes perfect sense.

Only to statistitians :?

And what about the Internets Encyclopedia???
Are you Dissing that as well!

Alex,

I think we should keep our superior knowlrdge under wraps!!!

Alan.