RSS

English

Alternative forms

• R.S.S., R. S. S.

Proper noun

RSS

1. (Internet) Initialism of Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication (“mechanism to follow updates on other websites such as news, music, blogs, etc.”).
   • 2019 January 9, Sinclair Target, “The Rise and Demise of RSS”, in Motherboard‎^[1]:

     Another theory is that RSS was always too geeky for regular people. Even the New York Times, which seems to have been eager to adopt RSS and promote it to its audience, complained in 2006 that RSS is a “not particularly user friendly” acronym coined by “computer geeks.”

2. (Internet, deprecated) Initialism of RDF Site Summary.
3. (military, nautical, Singapore) Initialism of Republic of Singapore Ship (“prefix of Navy ships belonging to the Republic of Singapore Navy”).
4. (Indian politics, Hindutva) Initialism of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (“Indian nationalist volunteer organization”).

Derived terms

• RSS feed

Noun

RSS (plural RSSes)

1. (aerospace) Initialism of reusable spaceship.
2. (medicine) Initialism of rapid response system.
3. (astronautics) Initialism of range safety system.
4. (statistics) Initialism of residual sum of squares.

Anagrams

• srs, SRS, SRs, SSR, /srs, S/RS

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʁɛ.sɛs/, /e.ʁe.sɛs/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

RSS m

1. (Internet) RSS

Derived terms

• fil RSS
• flux RSS

 

Etymology 2

Initialism of république socialiste soviétique.

Proper noun

RSS f

1. SSR

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism of república socialista soviética.

Noun

RSS f (plural RSSs)

1. SSR

Spanish

Noun

RSS f (plural RSSs)

1. Initialism of república socialista soviética. SSR