Spam

Spam  (spm)

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

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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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spammer n.

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spam [spæm] Computing slang

vb spams, spamming, spammed

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) to send unsolicited electronic mail simultaneously to a number of newsgroups on the Internet

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) unsolicited electronic mail sent in this way

[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]

spammer  n

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Spam [spæm]

n

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

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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.

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 → 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

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spam [ˈspæm] (COMPUTING)

n → spam m, pollupostage m

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

vt → envoyer des spams à, polluposter

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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

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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, spamme spam, 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 → رسائل غير مرغوبة 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