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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.
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.
[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).]
spam·mer n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
spam
(spæm) computingvb, 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
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.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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
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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
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| Noun | 1. |  Spam - a canned meat made largely from porktrademark - 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)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 |
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Translations
رَسَائِلٌ غَيْرُ مَرْغُوبَةيُرسِل عِدَّة رَسائِل في الإنترنِت
спам
nevyžádaný e-mailposlat nevyžádané e-maily
spamspammet
roskapostispämmi
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
posielať rozmnožené oznamy Internetom
skräppostspamspamma
ขยะไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์
boş konulu e-posta göndermekistenmeyen e-mail
thư rác
Spam
® [spæm] N → carne f de cerdo en conservaspam
[spæm] (Internet)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
spam
(Internet)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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009