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Spam

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

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.

[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).]

spammer n.

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]

Spam
Noun
Trademark a cold meat made from pork and spices
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.SpamSpam - 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.Spamspam - unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
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"
Verb1.Spamspam - 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

spam [spæm] n (Comput) → spam m

spam [spæm] (Comput) nSpam m

spam [spæm] (COMPUT) nspamming m
vt to spam sb → inviare a qn messaggi pubblicitari non richiesti via email

spam
v spam [spam]
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 poslat nevyžádané e-maily spammet spammen 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 (su Internet inviare molte copie di uno stesso messaggio) インターネットで同一のメッセージを多くのアドレスに送りつける ?인터넷? (광고 등의 목적을 위해) 대량의 자료를 일반 인터넷 가입자에게 전자 메일로 무단 발송하는 것 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 заваливать ненужными сообщениями posielať rozmnožené oznamy Internetom razposlati slati mnoge kopije poruka e-postbomba ส่งขยะไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ boş konulu e-posta göndermek 兜售資訊 надсилати “спам” کسی پیغام کو بغیر اجازت بہت سے لوگوں کو ای-میل کرنا gửi nhiều bản sao của một thông điệp


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