What is a podcast?

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What is a podcast?

Answer 1

A podcast is a pre-recorded radio-like show that you can find and download on the internet.



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Podcasting, a portmanteau of Apple's "iPod" and "broadcasting", is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost. It first became popular in late 2004, used largely for audio files.



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Answer 2

Podcasting is a term coined in 2004 when the use of RSS syndication technologies became popular for distributing audio content for listening on mobile devices and personal computers.



A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to. Podcasters' websites also may offer direct download of their files, but the subscription feed of automatically delivered new content is what distinguishes a podcast from a simple download or real-time streaming (see below).



While the name was primarily associated with audio subscriptions in 2004, the RSS enclosure syndication technique had been used with video files since 2001, before portable video players were widely available, with or without the syllable "pod" in their names. (In fact, any file with a URL, including still images and text -- can be delivered as an enclosure.)



Use of "podcast" to describe both audio and video feeds seemed natural to some users, while others preferred to reserve the word for audio and coin new terms for video subscriptions. Other "pod-" derived neologisms include "podcasters" for individuals or organizations offering feeds, and "podcatchers" for special RSS aggregators with the ability to transfer the files to media player software or hardware.



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Answer 3

You subscribe to a podcast just like you do any news feed. You put an xml file into itunes (or whatever program you use) and it will automatically download files when they become available. I subscribe to about a dozen podcasts, they come in handy during a drive, wheter it is short or long.