What Does RSS Feed Mean?

So, I'm learning so much more than I bargained for by searching the web to complete my Learn 2.0 Project, 23 New Technological Things to Learn.

I've never been a real tech savvy lady, but I've enjoyed stringing RSS feeds to my google page, and having all I want in one click.

I've discovered that, according to WIKI, RSS Feed is a document (which is called a "feed", "web feed" or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.  Web feeds benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favorite websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.  

Users subscribe to a feed by entering the feeds URI (often referred to non-technically as a URL) into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process.  The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.