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ag·gre·ga·tor

(ăg′rĭ-gā′tər)

1. One that aggregates.

2. A website that collects content such as news stories or music files to make such material available in one place.

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aggregator

(ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪtə)

1. (Commerce) a business organization that collates the details of an individual's financial affairs so that the information can be presented on a single website

2. (Commerce) a firm that brings together a large group of consumers on whose behalf it negotiates reduced rates for good or services, esp in the energy sector

3. (Computer Science) a web application that draws together syndicated content from various online sources and displays it in a single location for the user’s convenience

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aggregator

An application that collects input from numerous RSS feeds and displays them in one place.

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aggregator - a person who collects things

collector

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

archivist - a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives

conchologist - a collector and student of mollusc shells

coin collector, numismatist, numismatologist - a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)

packrat - a collector of miscellaneous useless objects

philatelist, stamp collector - a collector and student of postage stamps

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* Use a really simple syndication (RSS) feed to collect information into an RSS aggregator, such as Google Reader

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To help you keep up to date with everything, organise your blog feeds with an RSS aggregator like Google Reader, which allows you to subscribe to blogs, bringing all the latest updates together in one place.

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The technological aspects of the mobile blogging system comprise three modules, mobile blog, mobile RSS aggregator and mobile IR.

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Otherwise, Blogspots is an excellent RSS aggregator, is easy to set up, and has the advantage of being available from any computer.

Staying up-to-date in the blogosphere

The product is reportedly being offered as an 'Agrimailer,' a hybrid between an RSS aggregator (reader) that enables publishers to make money from their content, and an elert mailer that delivers quality content through to a large audience.

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Podcasts are available from http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2006/audio/nls2006audio.xml (best opened with Firefox or your RSS aggregator) .

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Users can start their customized RSS feed by selecting the "Subscribe to get results via RSS" link on Apartments.com "Search Results" pages and by pasting the RSS link into their RSS aggregator. The RSS feature will allow users to easily access Apartments.com depth and breadth of rental advertisements including managed properties, newspaper classifieds and for-rent-by-owner listings.