What Is a Podcast?

By Elisabetta Bruno Posted on February 09, 2006 Leave a comment

Yes, it has an MP3 file. But it isn’t an MP3 file. And it doesn’t have to have one either. A Podcast is an audio file delivered through an RSS feed, which allows people to subscribe to it. Like Jennifer Kyrnin from About Web Design says:

Let’s break it down. Podcast is derived from the terms “iPod” and “broadcast”. It is attributed to the original creators of podcasting who used iPods to listen to their RSS broadcasts.

You want to know the rest of the explanation? You can find it here.

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