What is Push Technology and CDF?
In order to get information from one source to the consumer, it must be transmitted. In general terms, there can be only two ways to transmit that information – “pull” or “push”. What is Pull Publishing? Most information retrieval on the web is through “pull” publishing. The information is put on a web page, and the consumer goes to that web page and “pulls” the information to them. Newspapers, books, and magazines function in the same way. The consumer must make a conscious effort to go get the newspaper or web page and then choose what to read on that page. If you don’t pick up Tuesday’s newspaper, you will not get the news for that day. This website is an example of pull technology. I publish an article one or two times a week, but if you don’t come to the web page, you will not receive the information. The information is all archived (like libraries do with newspapers), but for the news of the day, you need to come to the site every day. What is Push Publishing? Turning on the radi
