RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (depending on who you ask.) What this means is that each time a website posts new content, that content is automatically fed or sent to subscribed readers. Think, if instead of receiving a journal, magazine, or newsletter each month, you were sent articles as they became available. Trust me, some of those journals that are running 2 or more years off-schedule would benefit from the notion of sending out articles as they become available.
In order to fully appreciate RSS you have to first sign up for a reader (see my post about choosing readers) and subscribe to some feeds.
An RSS reader is a way to pull new content added to websites and then view it all from one site. I think of it as a way to create my own news headlines (pulling in stories/websites that I'm interested in) without have to visit tens of sites daily just to determine 1. if they have new content and 2. if their new content is of interest to me. Think of all that time wasted. Instead, my RSS reader provides a one-stop shop of new information.
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