Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that aggregates.
- noun A website that collects content such as news stories or music files to make such material available in one place.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who collects into a whole or mass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who aggregates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone or something which
aggregates . - noun Internet An online
feed reader used to keep track ofupdates toblogs , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who collects things
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the title aggregator says - it aggregates RSS feeds from various sources.
drupal.org eLd0raDo 2008
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Still, this aggregator is a convenient iPhone companion as all shows are in one place (divided by channel) and content is updated daily.
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However, as I just pointed out, getting kicked off of this aggregator is a near death-sentence for smaller blogs in terms of readership.
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However, as I just pointed out, getting kicked off of this aggregator is a near death-sentence for smaller blogs in terms of readership.
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As the Bloglines RSS aggregator is closing at the end of the month, could you recommended another web-based RSS reader?
Alternatives to Bloglines Jack Schofield 2010
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Early partners include Groupon, a bargain aggregator, and Zinga, a poker-like game.
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HaloScan, the comments aggregator, is having issues.
No Comment 2007
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Of course, if you no longer feel that operating the aggregator is worth the anxiety, I, personally, would not begrudge you for shutting it down.
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I think a key difference between government and the aggregator is that the right to readers is not inalienable.
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My perception of your aggregator is that it has been non-partisan.
qroqqa commented on the word aggregator
An absolute necessity to cost-effective niche marketing is the presence of a "Market Aggregator."
Niche marketing has been described as being akin to finding a needle in a haystack. This can be very time-consuming, expensive and frustrating to a marketer. A market aggregator functions similar to a giant magnet and pulls widely dispersed "needles" together into a cohesive group or whole. One example of a market aggregator is this publication.
—Allan Nation in The Stockman Grass Farmer
July 10, 2008