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...the "pod" in "podcast" stands for "iPod". Podcasts were originally made for iPod.
by shp0ngle 5y ago
...the "pod" in "podcast" stands for "iPod".
Podcasts were originally made for iPod.
- basisword 5y agoThe etymology is more interesting than I expected. I would have expected Apple to coin it as a derivation of 'netcast' but apparently not[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast#Etymology
- shp0ngle 5y agoApple did not coin the term. For a time they wanted to sue people for using it, but they changed their mind I guess. (And by now it has become too generic.) But they attacked the original podcast software - iPodder - for using "iPod" in the software name.