spam

spam  (spm)

n.

Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.

tr.v. spammed, spam·ming, spams

1. To send unsolicited e-mail to.

2. To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.

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[From Spam (probably inspired by a comedy routine on the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which the word is repeated incessantly).]

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spam

Verb

[spamming, spammed] Computers slang to send unsolicited e-mail simultaneously to a number of newsgroups on the internet [from the repeated use of the word Spam in a popular sketch from the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus]

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Spam

Noun

Trademark a cold meat made from pork and spices

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Spam - a canned meat made largely from pork trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product canned meat, tinned meat - meat preserved in a can or tin
	2.	spam - unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk) junk e-mail e-mail, electronic mail, email - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"
Verb	1.	spam - send unwanted or junk e-mail computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures e-mail, email, netmail - communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news"

Translations

spam [spæm] n [junk e-mail] → correo basura

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spam [spæm] n (Comput) → spam m

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spam [spæm] (Comput) n → Spam m

vt → wit Werbung bombardieren

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spam [spæm] (COMPUT) n → spamming m

vt to spam sb → inviare a qn messaggi pubblicitari non richiesti via email