Glossary of Commonly Used
Terms in Podcasting

Enhanced Podcast

A podcast that makes use of chapters, hyperlinks or other features other than simple audio.

iTunes

Apple's digital media player application that currently allows users to subscribe to podcasts and sync them to the iPod.

MP3

An audio format that is considered universal for its ability to play on a wide-variety of players.

MPEG-4

A compression codec that is commonly used on the internet due to its small size and high quality.

Podcast

A blend of the terms "iPod" and "broadcasting", it refers the ability to broadcast content via the internet which users can then subscribe to and download automatically using aggregator software.

QuickTime

Apple's media player that handles common media formats such as MPEG-4 and MP3. It is currently the only player that can handle podcasts created using h.264 compression.

RSS

Really Simple Syndication

Streaming

A delivery method that delivers content to users via the internet a little at a time in a constant flow of information.

USB

Universal Serial Bus

Vodcast

a podcast that makes use of full-motion video

XML

Extended Markup Language