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Mobcast
A mobcast is an audio program that can be received on cell phones or mobile devices. Also called a "mobilecast" or, in the case of video content, "movlog."
MP3
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) is a standard technology and format for compressing a sound sequence into a very small file (about one-twelfth the size of the original file) while preserving the original level of sound quality when it is played.
Narrowcast
A narrowcast is audio or video programs that targets a specific audience demographic, as opposed to a broadcast. Many podcasts may be described as narrowcasts, although as the technology continues to be adopted, "mainstream" programming for wider audiences is being podcast as well.
News feed
A news feed is a Web feed that specifically supplies new headlines or posts to an RSS aggregator.
Palmcast
A palmcast is podcast that is sent or read by a Palm PDA.
Podcast
A podcast is an audio file published on the Internet with an RSS feed, allowing users to subscribe to automatic downloads of a series of such programs. Podcasts are a collection of files, audio MP3 files for example, that are then included in an RSS 2.0 news feed as enclosures. Instead of headlines in a news feed, each item in a podcast RSS feed represents a single MP3 file.
Podcasting
Podcasting is the preparation and distribution of audio (and possibly other media) files for download to digital music or multimedia players, such as the iPod. A podcast can be easily created from a digital audio file. The podcaster first saves the file as an MP3 and then uploads it to the Web site of a service provider. The MP3 file gets its own URL, which is inserted into an RSSXML document as an enclosure within an XML tag.
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