podcasting

noun

podcasting

noun

Etymology From podcast + -ing.

1

The distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format.

  • With the benefit of hindsight, it all seems quite obvious. MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet; all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio. But what to call it? Audioblogging? Podcasting? GuerillaMedia?2004 February 12, Ben Hammersley, “Audible revolution: Online radio is booming thanks to iPods, cheap audio software and weblogs”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023:
Derived terms
Godcasting, godcasting

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