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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 Spam [spæm] n (Cookery)™ a kind of tinned luncheon meat, made largely from pork 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. 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.
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Translations Spam® [spæm] N → carne f de cerdo en conserva spam [spæm] (Internet) B. VT → enviar spam or correo basura por Internet a spam [ˈspæm] (COMPUTING) n → spam m, pollupostage m modif [filter, laws] → antispam inv, antipollupostage inv vt → envoyer des spams à, polluposter Spam® n → Frühstücksfleisch nt spam (Internet) spam (Internet): spam filter n → Spam-Filter m spam mail n → Spam-(E-)Mail f to send many copies of a message (= ``junk'') on the Internet. I've been spammed. 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 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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