"RSS syndication is one of the most common TLAs around (TLA stands for Three Letter Acronym). RSS as an acronym has stood for various things, but the current standard is: Really Simple Syndication. This is the most recent variation of this very common and very useful standard.
"Back when the Internet was young(er), a piece of software called Pointcast pushed data to a screensaver application on a user's computer, providing news updates of all kinds..."