▪ I. podcast, n.
Brit. /ˈpɒdkɑːst/, /ˈpɒdkast/, U.S. /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
[‹ -pod (in iPod, a trade name for an MP3 player) + -cast comb. form. Compare podcasting n., podcast v.]
A digital recording of a broadcast, made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or personal audio player.
| 2004 Cnet News.com (Electronic text) 8 Oct. A network of bloggers is offering up ‘podcasts’—or pre-recorded Net radio shows that can be downloaded as a single file to an iPod. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. (Central ed.) 16 Dec. b1/4 While most viewers stumble across vlogs while Web surfing, others find them on Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes directory, which lists some vlogs, calling them video podcasts. 2008 C. Pahl Archit. Solutions for e-learning Syst. 81/1 Podcasts are architecturally unique in their relationship to e-learning, in large part because of the many different ways they can be employed. |
▪ II. podcast, v.
Brit. /ˈpɒdkɑːst/, /ˈpɒdkast/, U.S. /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
[‹ -pod (in iPod, a trade name for an MP3 player) + -cast comb. form. Compare podcasting n., podcast n.]
trans. To make (a digital recording of a broadcast) available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or personal audio player. Also intr.
| 2004 Seattle Times 18 Oct. c1/5 KOMO-AM..and other stations are setting up RSS feeds to podcast their reports. 2005 Personal Computer World Oct. 144/1 Those who podcast create a radio show using audio-editing software and then send it out to people who want to listen to it on their computer or mp3 player. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Oct. iii. 8/1 Ms. Williams podcasts a tutorial on podcasting. 2007 Guardian 16 July (Media section) 6/1 They'd already been blogging, Twittering, Facebooking, Flickring, podcasting and YouTubing their lives. |
Derivatives. podcasted adj.
| 2004 Boston Globe 20 Dec. a1/5 Carey is not just a daily consumer of *podcasted talk shows about technology and politics but a fledgling podcaster himself. 2008 M. D. Lytras et al. Technol. Enhanced Learning 215 Most of them [sc. the students] preferred to..listen to podcasted lectures. |