Definition: An acronym for Really Simple Syndication, RSS is a technology that creates web content syndication and allows web users to subscribe to websites and blogs. RSS subscribers receive the content for their various website and blog subscriptions in an aggregated form. That content is read in a single location through a feed reader. See 'feed' and 'feed reader'.
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