podcasting
podcasting noun: the distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format. Also the present participle and gerund of podcast.
Noun
podcasting (uncountable)
- The distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format.
- With the benefit of hindsight, it all seems quite obvious. MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet; all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio. But what to call it? Audioblogging?...2004 February 12, Ben Hammersley, “Audible revolution: Online radio is booming thanks to iPods, cheap audio software and weblogs”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News &...
Also used as
podcasting is also the present participle and gerund of podcast.
Origin of podcasting
From podcast + -ing.
Words formed from podcasting
Questions about podcasting
- What does podcasting mean?
- Podcasting means the distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format.
- What part of speech is podcasting?
- Podcasting is a noun.
Words near podcasting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: podcasting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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