| A | B |
| Podcasting | Digital recording made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player through a subscription |
| MP3 | Standard technology and format for compressing a sound sequence into a very small file |
| iTunes | Digital media player software that lets you download and subscribe to podcasts |
| iPod | Apple Computer's brand of digital music player |
| RSS | Really Simple Syndication that allows users to subscribe to content, including podcasts |
| Aggregator | Software to help manage subscriptions and feeds like Google Reader and iTunes |
| Audacity | Free sound recording software for recording podcasts |
| Podcatcher | Automatically downloads episodes from the podcasts to which you subscribe |
| Host | Person who introduces the podcast and its segments |
| Segment | A complete part of a podcast, usually written and spoken by one or two people |
| XML | The language an RSS feed is written in |