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Feed

• Feeding is supplying food. Feed as a noun often refers to food given to or meant for livestock (also called "fodder").
• In telecommunication, the term feed has the following meanings:

1. To supply a signal to the input of a system, subsystem, equipment, or component, such as a transmission line or antenna.
2. A coupling device between an antenna and its transmission line. Such a feed may consist of a distribution network or a primary radiator.
3. A transmission facility between (a) the point of origin of a signal, such as is generated in a radio or television studio, and (b) the head-end of a distribution facility, such as a broadcasting station in a network. See also raw feed.
4. Pertaining to the function of inserting one thing into another, such as in a feed horn, paper feed, card feed, and line feed.

• Feed also refers to RSS or Atom feeds used by news aggregators.
• Feed was also the name of a popular e-zine, also known as feedmag.com.
• FEED is also an abbreviation for Front End Engineering Design.
• Feed was the title of a postcyberpunk book written by M.T. Anderson in 2002.
• In metalworking feed describes the rate at which a tool advances into the workpiece. The term speeds and feeds combines two important conditions that affect cutting tool life and metal removal rates.

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