RSS allows users to subscribe to frequently updated content like news headlines and blog posts from multiple websites. The content is collected into RSS feeds that can be read through an RSS aggregator, which compiles feeds from different sites into a single location. This makes it more efficient to keep up with new online content than visiting individual websites. RSS works by websites publishing simple text files that use XML formatting to define updates. Aggregator software can then read these RSS feeds and display the new content to users.

1. How RSS Works
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2. Introduction to How RSS Works
The trouble with libing in the information Age is
paradoxical: There's too much information. If you're
addicted to the constant flow of data that we know
as the Internet, you're not going to be able to
manage it without some help. Some Web-browsing
software automatically detects RSS feeds.

3. RSS Reader part1
Reading RSS feeds can be a great time-saver. In
the time it takes you to scan whole Web pages for
information, collected in one place. On the other
hand, the ease with which you can view RSS
headlines may convince you that you can
subscribre to even more sites. You may end up
spending just as much time reading feeds as you
used to on regular Web sites.

4. RSS Reader part2
Reading feeds requires a few simple things, many
of which you already have.
You'll need a computer -- or compatible electronic
device -- and an Internet connection.
After that, you need something that can read, or
aggregate, RSS files.
Aggregators collect and interpret RSS feeds in one
location.
That way, you can see the latest headlines from
HowStuffWorks, CNN, the BBC and Reuters, all in
one place.

5. Creating RSS Feeds
RSS isn't really that different from a normal Web
site. In fact, they're the same in one respect: Both
are simple text files on Web servers. Resource
Description Framework (RDF) as a guide to tell a
feed aggregator how to read the file. RDF is based
on extensible markup language (XML), a cousin of
hypertext markup language (HTML), which is the
language used for everyday Web sites.

6. More Links
* HowStuffWorks RSS Feeds
(http://computer.howstuffworks.com/rss-feeds.html)
* List of Feed Readers
(http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent
=rss.htm&url=http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Soft
ware/Internet/Clients/WWW/Feed_Readers/)
* AtomEnabled.org
(http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent
=rss.htm&url=http://www.atomenabled.org/)