spam

spam

a disruptive message posted on a computer network; to send spam

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Spam

 (spăm)

A trademark for a canned meat product consisting primarily of chopped pork pressed into a loaf.

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spam

 (spăm)

n.

1. Unsolicited email, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk email.

2. A single piece of such email: "receiving dozens of spams a day" (George Johnson).

tr.v. spammed, spam·ming, spams

1. To send unsolicited email 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·mer n.

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spam

(spæm) computing

vb, spams, spamming or spammed

(Computer Science) to send unsolicited electronic mail or text messages simultaneously to a number of e-mail addresses or mobile phones

n

1. (Computer Science) unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent in this way

2. (Telecommunications) unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent in this way

[C20: from the repeated use of the word Spam in a popular sketch from the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, first broadcast in 1969]

ˈspammer n

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Spam

(spæm)

n

(Cookery) trademark a kind of tinned luncheon meat, made largely from pork

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Spam

(spæm)
n., v. spammed, spam•ming.

1. Trademark. a canned food product consisting esp. of pork formed into a solid block.

n.

2. (l.c.) a disruptive, esp. commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail.

v.t.

3. (l.c.) to send spam to.

v.i.

4. (l.c.) to send spam.

[(definition 1) < sp (iced) + (h) am; (other definitions) 1990–95; ref. to a comedy routine on Monty Python's Flying Circus, British TV series]

spam′mer, n.

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spam

- As in e-mail, it gets its name from the Monty Python sketch in which the word is repeated many times.

See also related terms for repeat.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

spam

Past participle: spammed
Gerund: spamming

Imperative

spam

spam

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

spam

1. Unwanted messages, such as advertising material, received via e-mail.

2. Any email message sent to a large number of people without their consent. Also known as unsolicited commercial email (UCE) or junk email.

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

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 electronic mail, email, e-mail - (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 email, e-mail, netmail - communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Translations

رَسَائِلٌ غَيْرُ مَرْغُوبَةيُرسِل عِدَّة رَسائِل في الإنترنِت

спам

nevyžádaný e-mailposlat nevyžádané e-maily

spamspammet

Spamspammenunerwünschte elektronische Postunerwünschte Werbe-E-Mails

ανεπιθύμητη αλληλογραφία

correo basura

roskapostispämmi

pourrielspamcourrier indésirable

neželjena pošta

reklámpostával eláraszt

spam

ruslpóstur

spamspammarediffondere su Internet

スパムメール

스팸 메일

išsiuntinėti informaciją

izsutit nevertigas zinas

spamspamboodschapongewenste elektronische postongewenste mail

masseutsende søppel-e-postspamspamme

spam

spam

спам

posielať rozmnožené oznamy Internetom

skräppostspamspamma

ขยะไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์

boş konulu e-posta göndermekistenmeyen e-mail

thư rác

垃圾邮件垃圾信息

Spam

® [spæm] N → carne f de cerdo en conserva

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spam

[spæm] (Internet)

A. N → correo m basura (en Internet), spam m

B. VT → enviar spam or correo basura por Internet a

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spam

[ˈspæm] (COMPUTING)

n → spam m, pollupostage m

modif [filter, laws] → antispam inv, antipollupostage inv

vt → envoyer des spams à, polluposter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Spam®

n → Frühstücksfleisch nt

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spam

(Internet)

n → (E-Mail-)Spam m; (= single e-mail) → Spam-Mail f

vt → (zu)spammen (sl), → mit Werbung bombardieren (inf) → or zumüllen (sl)

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spam

(Internet):

spam filter

n → Spam-Filter m

spam mail

n → Spam-(E-)Mail f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spam

(spam) – past tense, past participle spammed – verb

to send many copies of a message (= ``junk'') on the Internet. I've been spammed. strooipos يُرسِل عِدَّة رَسائِل في الإنترنِت пълня е-майл-а на някого със съобщения spam poslat nevyžádané e-maily spammen spammet στέλνω άχρηστο μήνυμα μαζικά μέσω διαδικτύου inundar spämmima, rämpsposti saatma فرستادن تعداد زيادي از پيام هاي بي محتوا در اينترنت envoyer plusiers copies d'un même message sur Internet דוֹאָר זֶבֶל इंटरनेट पर किसी संदेश की ढेर सारी प्रति भेजना slati (dobiti) neželjenu elektroničku poštu reklámpostával eláraszt mengirimkan pesan di Internet (inviare molte copie di uno stesso messaggio su Internet) インターネットで同一のメッセ���ジを多くのアドレスに送りつける 스팸 메일을 보내다 išsiuntinėti informaciją (internetu) izsūtīt nevērtīgas ziņas (uz daudzām e-pasta adresēm) menghantar email remeh spam, ongewenste post masseutsende søppel-e-post, spammespam, niechciana poczta elektroniczna سپم په انترنت كښې заваливать ненужными сообщениями posielať rozmnožené oznamy Internetom razposlati slati mnoge kopije poruka e-postbomba ส่งขยะไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ boş konulu e-posta göndermek 垃圾郵件 (在使用者網路或新聞群組中, 一大堆未經篩選的廣告或對收件者來說根本無用的郵件) надсилати “спам” کسی پیغام کو بغیر اجازت بہت سے لوگوں کو ای-میل کرنا gửi nhiều bản sao của một thông điệp 垃圾邮件，垃圾信息

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spam

→ رَسَائِلٌ غَيْرُ مَرْغُوبَة nevyžádaný e-mail spam unerwünschte Werbe-E-Mails ανεπιθύμητη αλληλογραφία correo basura roskaposti courrier indésirable neželjena pošta spam スパムメール 스팸 메일 spam spam spam spam спам skräppost ขยะไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ istenmeyen e-mail thư rác 垃圾邮件

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