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Definition of 'spam'English
Noun
(uncountable|computing|Internet) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
* {{quote-magazine|title=No hiding place
|date=2013-05-25|volume=407|issue=8837|page=74|magazine=( The Economist)
citation
|passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.}}
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(uncountable|computing|Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
(countable|rare|computing|Internet) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, usually by email or newsgroups.
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Meronyms
* e-mail, email
Verb
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(intransitive|computing|Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
(transitive|computing|Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
(transitive|by extension|video games) To relentlessly attack an enemy with (a spell or ability).
- Stop spamming that special attack!
(transitive|intransitive|computing|Internet) To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.
See also
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* Official SPAM home page
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