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spam
n. type of canned meat sold in the USA; "junk" electronic mail (on the Internet); spiced ham (Slang)


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Spam
Spam originally referred to SPAM, a canned meat product sold by the Hormel Foods Corporation. Since then, many other uses of the term have emerged, all of which may be traced back to the food.Spam (Monty Python), a comedy sketch. The "Spam" in the sketch refers specifically to the meat. This sketch is considered to be the most likely source of other, primarily technological, uses of the term.Spam (electronic), unsolicited or undesired bulk electronic messages. There are many types of electronic spam, includingE-mail spam, unsolicited e-mail.Forum spam, posting advertisements or useless posts on a forum.Spamdexing, manipulating a search engine to create the illusion of popularity for webpages.Spam in blogs, posting random comments or promoting commercial services to blogs, wikis, guestbooks.Newsgroup spam, advertisement and forgery on newsgroups.Messaging spam ("SPIM"), use of instant messenger services for advertisement or even extortion.
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Spam
Noun
1. a canned meat made largely from pork
(hypernym) canned meat, tinned meat
(classification) trademark

 
spam
Noun
1. unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
(synonym) junk e-mail
(hypernym) electronic mail, e-mail, email
Verb
1. send unwanted or junk e-mail
(hypernym) e-mail, email, netmail
(classification) computer science, computing


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spam
n. spam, "junk" electronic mail (on the Internet)

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spa
n. spa

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