RSS (or Real Simple Syndication) is a means for automatically browsing on-line news sources or blogs (or practically any site that has regularly updated content in which you are interested) and having that new content condensed and delivered to one newsreader page for you. RSS runs through the miracle of XML, a programming language which makes digital content almost universally useable by any variety of computing devices (personal computers, mobile phones, television receivers, etc.) or applications.
If you’re still with me, let me assure you that in practical terms, RSS is a godsend. Instead of browsing around and visiting each individual website which has content in which you are interested, your one newsreader webpage does all the work for you. I use an RSS newsreader everyday (http://www.bloglines.com), used it extensively while in graduate school and now in my professional life for checking new additions to collaborative wiki pages or collaborative message boards and such. RSS is an essential tool for any internet user today.
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