What is spam?

[HistoryGirl]

Hi everybody!

What does spam mean?

L8rZ

HistoryGirl

[Dusty]

Spam is a Hormel-brand luncheon meat made from compressed and spiced ham and pork shoulder.


Spam v.
2. To cause a newsgroup to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. You can spam a newsgroup with as little as one well- (or ill-) planned message (e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women). This is often done with cross-posting (e.g. any message which is cross-posted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups). This overlaps with troll behavior; the latter more specific term has become more common.


Spam n. 1994
: unsolicited usually commercial E-mail sent to a large number of addresses


Spam n.
Inappropriate commercial message of extremely low value.

[Seldimis]

Generally or here?

Here it means that you post without reason. Simple :)

[wm2k1]

i don't think she actually need an answer

this is a spam ... that's why she asking about spam :p

[EpidemiK]

Originally posted by HistoryGirl
Hi everybody!

What does spam mean?

L8rZ

HistoryGirl

spam = meat

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Epidemic


spam = meat More like overly salty look-alike meat product.

The stuff is nasty.

[meow]

Here spam means posts you don't like or posts by a poster you don't like. That isn't the usual definition though.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Bruce
More like overly salty look-alike meat product.

The stuff is nasty.

The stuff fed the allied army in WWI, WWII and Korean Wars. :D

[98125]

try visiting http://www.cybernothing.org/faqs/net-abuse-faq.html#2.1

Mullin

[DCI]

Another explanation. Yupapa.

[EpidemiK]

this is spam