Refers to a variety of prohibited behaviors that violate the Twitter Rules. Spam can be generally described as unsolicited, repeated actions that negatively impact other users. 

Unsolicited or unwanted email.

Computer-generated messages sent as unsolicited advertising

Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.

Unsolicited e-mail which is sent to numerous recipients.

Electronic ‘junk mail’ or junk newsgroup postings mostly commonly associated with the Internet.

In email marketing, this refers to any message that is deemed by users or email providers to be an unsolicited commercial offer. Also called “junk mail.”

proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937; probably a conflation of spiced ham. Soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. In the sense of "Internet junk mail" [..]

Unwanted, unsolicited e-mail, typically of a commercial nature.

Email spam, also known as junk email or unsolicited bulk email (UBE), is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by email. Definitions of spam usually incl [..]

A computer industry term referring to the act of sending identical and irrelevant postings to many different newsgroups or mailing lists. Usually this posting is something that has nothing to do with [..]

Usenet messages flooded to many newsgroups indiscriminately. The term is also loosely applied to junk mail.

inappropriate commercial message of extremely low value.

The most simple way to define spam in the Email world is by using these two words: unwanted email. Since it’s so easy for a message to fall in this category, as a Sender you may want to know how and why emails can get marked as spam. These are some of the most common reasons for which an email may end up in the Spam Folder and ways to avoid this: I [..]

The term spam is used for unwanted user content. In WordPress, it is used for unwanted content submitted by comments, user registration, posts, contact forms, or any other way. A spam message, comment, or content usually contains excessive links, links to unethical or illegal websites. These websites may contain malware that could affect computers [..]

Unsolicited commercial e-mail. Reference(s) in IAPP Certification Textbooks: F131-132; C128; E42-43, 265 Associated law(s): CASL; CAN-SPAM Act

Spamming, spam indexing An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or other networked communications facility as a broadcast medium (which it is not) by sending the same message to a large number [..]

  Term used to describe unsolicited email or newsgroup posts, often in the form of commercial announcements. The act of sending a Spam is known as Spamming.

Copyright by Matisse "Spam (or Spamming)" Enzer -->An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium (wh [..]

Unwanted e-mail from someone you don't know. It is usually trying to sell you something.

 Any search engine marketing method that

Traditionally, spam is flooding message boards, newsgroups, mailing lists, or your mailbox with unwanted, unsolicited off-topic messages--usually ads or promotions or deliberate disruptions. It is a m [..]

Internet slang for unsolicited bulk email, primarily unsolicited commercial email (UCE). Spam has been linked with fraudulent business schemes, chain letters, and offensive sexual and political messag [..]

Slang 1.Unwanted or unsolicited e-mail messages or mailing-list or newsgroup postings. 2. To send an advertisement or solicitation to large numbers of unsolicited recipients, usually via mailing lists or newsgroups. [Bahorsky]

[from the MUD community] vt. To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data. See also buffer overflow, overrun screw, smash the stack.

Originating from the name of Hormel's canned meat, "spam" now also refers to junk e-mail or irrelevant postings to a newsgroup or bulletin board. The unsolicited e-mail messages you rec [..]

Generally referred to as the Internet equivalent of junk mail, spam ranges from annoyances like mass e-mailings and advertisements, junk mail, and chain letters, to fraudulent product or service promotions, and harassing or threatening e-mails.

Canned precooked meat product made by Hormel eaten by the ton in the Pacific. Since Spam did not need refrigeration, it was easy to transport overseas. Marines quipped that Spam was, "Ham tha [..]

Internet Glossary An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium (which it is not) by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn’t ask for it. The term probably comes from a famous Monty Python skit which featured the word spam repeated over and [..]

WebGuest Dictionary Junk email . Spam is considered a serious breach of netiquette .

Spam is unsolicited e-mail, often commercial in nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups – electronic junk mail. The Can-Spam Act of 2003 requires spam messages to be labeled and requires an opt-out process. Spam is usually blocked by anti-spam software, which must be regularly updated to be effective.

A somewhat controversial word which has different extremes of meaning to different people. Very simply, spam is junk mail, normally sent out in bulk and normally with no regard as to whether you want to receive it or not. Serious spammers will in fact use your protests as proof that you are seeing their emails and spam you even more.

is the email equivalent of junk mail. (It comes from the Monty Python Spam sketch - spam with everything!)

Spam is unsolicited email (or news postings), often of a commercial nature and typically sent as part of a bulk mailing. If you didn't ask for it, sign up on a mailing list related to it, or leav [..]

This is the act of posting inappropriate messages to various newsgroups or the sending of unsolicited email, usually in large quantities to others on the Internet. Most people with an email address wi [..]

Spam refers to unsolicited email messages sent for marketing purposes.

Spam is usually considered to be electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define spam even more generally as any unsolicited email. However, if a long-lost brother finds your email [..]

An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list or other networked communications facility as a broadcast medium by sending the same unsolicited message to a large number of people.

Unsolicited e-mail messages, usually containing advertising or solicitations, mass-mailed to large numbers of newsgroups, mailing lists, and/or individuals with little concern for the burden such acti [..]

A whimsical term for the unnecessary posting of messages or E-Mail. Posting a message that says "Me too!" is an example of this. Because of the meat it is named after, I term it canned garbage. Because there is a limited amount of bandwidth on the Internet, people who spam are held in contempt. Do something about it? Yes! See our links to [..]

An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium (which it is not) by sending the same message to a large number of [..]

Refers to the practice of blindly posting commercial messages or advertisements to a large number of unrelated and uninterested newsgroups.

To send a message or advertisement to a large number of people who did not request the information, or to repeatedly send the same message to a single person. "Spamming" is considered very p [..]

Unsolicited email advertisements, the Internet equivalent of junk mail.A spammer is someone who sends out spam. A spammer can email an advertisement to millions of email addresses, newsgroups, and dis [..]

(Also known as unsolicited commercial email) – Unwanted, unsolicited junk email sent to a large number of recipients.

Unsolicited Email or other types of unwanted electronically generated information like the following instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, wiki spam, online classified ads spam, mobile phone messaging spam, Internet forum spam, junk fax transmissions, social networking spam, television advertising and [..]

Broadly defined as unsolicited advertisements. Historically this would occur via email, but it now happens in various forms across the Internet.

bulk junk e-mail

An email message (usually unwanted) randomly sent to many unknown recipients. Considered very bad etiquette. Has become illegal to practice in some counties.

Spam is Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) or Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE) that arrives in your mailbox. It is a serious problem on the internet, but sophisticated blocking techniques help keep it und [..]

Junk email (from SPiced hAM, Hormel's junk meat)

An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn't ask for it.  Mass junk Email.

stupid persons' advertisement

Unhelpful and annoying content

An email message that is unwanted by the recipient. Legitimate emails can sometimes be incorrectly identified as spam and is a growing problem.

Also known as ‘junk email’, this is bulk email sent out to thousands of addresses at a time, usually advertising a site or product. The hateable thing about it is that no-one asks for it, you just get [..]

Unsolicited email messages.

No, not that Spam. Spam is the colloquial term used for unsolicited e-mail. Essentially junk mail for computers.

(noun) Junk email that is sent, unsolicted and in bulk, to advertise products or services or publicize a message. The term may have originated from a Monty Python song. (verb) To send unsolicited bulk [..]

Unsolicited emails or SMSs, usually of a commercial nature and from an unknown sender.

Junk email you’ve not requested from the distributor.

An inappropriate and annoying method of using any available communication tool to send the same message to a large number of people who did not ask for it. Variations include e-mail spam, comment spam [..]

Unsolicited e-mail or any e-mail message received that you did not specifically ask for.

Originally just a canned sandwich filler product, spam now also refers to the practice of blindly posting commercial messages or advertisements to a large number of unrelated and uninterested groups a [..]

Unsolicited “junk” e-mail sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services. Sexually explicit unsolicited e-mail is called “porn spam.” Also refers to inappropriate promotional or comme [..]

Unwanted and unsolicited email. The electronic equivalent of paper junk mail.

Spamming is the use of any electronic communications medium to send unsolicited messages in bulk. In the popular eye, the most common form of spam is that delivered in e-mail as a form of commercial advertising. However, over the short history of electronic media, people have done things comparable to spamming for many purposes other than the comme [..]

An email message that is not wanted, or that the recipient did not sign up for. Some sources estimate that up to 70% of all emails sent are spam.

E-mail spam, also known as junk e-mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail.

The use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited offers

Unsolicited email messages that the recipient does not want. Search engine spam refers to people doing deceptive tactics to game the search results.

The Internet version of junk mail. Spamming is sending the same message to a large number of users, usually to advertise something. E-mail address may be collected using cookies or a mailing list from [..]

Unsolicited junk mail.

(or Spamming)

It refers to a junk e-mail or irrelevant postings to a newsgroup. Some unsolicited e-mail like refinancing your home, losing those extra pounds and reversing aging are all to be considered as spam.

Also known as Internet junk mail, SPAM is mass mailing (or mass-posting) of messages that are irrelevant to the groups and recipients who receive them. SPAM is considered a serious breach of Netiquett [..]

is unwanted email, also known as junk mail. Modern email clients like Gmail automatically detect messages likely to be spam and sort it into a separate folder.

The term “spam” is Internet slang that refers to unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) or unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Some people refer to this kind of communication as junk e-mail to equate it with [..]

The term “spam” is Internet slang that refers to unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) or unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Some people refer to this kind of communication as junk e-mail to equate it with [..]

Spam is a term used to refer to junk email. Various federal and state laws, which vary by state, regulate spam. The main federal legislation is the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography [..]

Aptly named after the puzzling, unwanted meat product, spam (as in "scam" or "sham") is Net-speak for unsolicited junk email. Spammers love email because it costs next to nothing t [..]

Spam can mean many things. Unsolicited bulk emails can be spam, as can a page which is overly stuffed with keywords.

Spam is junk email. Some email clients or servers have spam filters, which try to delete or move the spam messages.

Not spiced ham, but just as repulsive to most people. Spam is an unsolicited piece of advertising sent via email or posted to a newsgroup. Repeat spammers are often flamed.

Unsolicited email. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or illegal services. Users are advised that if an offer in an email appears too good to be t [..]

unsolicited commercial email

Unwanted or unsolicited email that is distributed to huge lists of Internet users, usually as part of a marketing or advertising plan. Sometimes it can be dangerous and contain viruses, but standard j [..]

Refers to when trivial information is sent in bulk to people over the Internet, usually through email, with the sole intention of annoying them or slowing down their computer or Internet connection.

An inappropiate attempt to use a mailing list, USENET, or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium by sending the same message to a large number of people who did not as [..]

An inappropriate attempt to use email as if it was a broadcast medium by sending the same message to many people who didn't ask for it. Spreadsheet A computer program that lets the user enter num [..]

Web spiders or web crawlers are automated programs that browse the web to collect information (like your email addresses) or to track the sites you have visited.

Unwanted e-mail from someone you don't know. It is usually trying to sell you something.

Unsolicited commercial email. Also known as junk mail.

Unwanted email usually sent out for marketing purposes. To prevent spam it is important to not give out your email address to any websites you are unsure you can trust.

Unsolicited e-mail, normally containing advertising. These messages, usually mass-mailings, can be highly annoying and waste both time and resources.

  An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list to send out an email that a user did not request.

Unsolicited "junk" e-mail, usually selling a product or service.

Spam is any Email message received that is not wanted by the recipient. Spam is often thought of as messages about schemes or health supplements, among many other unwanted messages.

Unsolicited and unwanted E-mail (e.g. an advert) broadcast to multiple users, often hundreds of thousands at a time. spider

Once upon a time, SPAM was an animal by-product that came in a can and was fodder for many Monty Python sketches, but since the world-wide adoption of the internet as an integral part of daily life, S [..]

an inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, USENET, or other networked communications facility as if it were a broadcast medium (which it is not) by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn't ask for it. The term probably comes from a famous Monty Python skit which featured the word "Spam" repeated ov [..]

Unsolicited commercial e-mail sent to many recipients, much like an electronic version of junk mail.

Unsolicited "junk" e-mail

    Unsolicited email, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk email.

Spam originally meant to post many off-topic and inappropriate postings (mostly commercials) to a newsgroup(s), making it hard to read by lowering the signal to noise ratio. The term spam, of course, [..]

A colloquial term referring to the act of posting the same message to several inappropriate newsgroups, or mass-mailing unsolicited email messages to several users.

Unsolicited electronic mail—usually commercial in nature—sent from someone unknown to the recipient.

It is considered a food that changed the course of history.  It is a canned ground pork and ham product that does not need to be refrigerated until opened.  Originally sold in 12-ounce cans and since [..]

Hawaii's favorite canned meat - the less said, the better

(n) a canned meat made largely from pork(n) unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)(v) send unwanted or junk e-mail

To send a message (usually an advertisement) to many discussion groups (bulletin boards, mailing lists, and/or newsgroups), without regard for its topical relevance. The act of spamming was pioneered in 1994 by Canter & Siegel, the immigration lawyers who sent an advertisement for their services to every USENET newsgroup and received a whole lo [..]

This is probably the one technological thing you never, ever have to worry will go away.

Unsolicited email transmitted through the Internet.

Slang for posting the same message to multiple newsgroups – frowned on by most people on the Internet.

Unsolicited bulk e-mail, usually advertising doubtful and sometimes unsavoury products and schemes, sometimes testing to see if your e-mail address will yield a response. Never respond to spam in any [..]

Spam is a term referring to mass email forwarded messages, junk email, email hoaxes, and etc. Spam is especially bad, because it bogs down the Internet with unwanted junk email making it slower for us [..]

unwanted e-mail, usually mass-mailed advertising. Spam is the counterpart of paper junk mail. See spammer, j-mail, spim.

Unsolicited commercial emails, sent using an automated email program, that advertise products, services, and websites. Spam can also be used as a delivery mechanism for malware and other cyber threats [..]

The sending of unsolicited emails—frequently leveraging well-known brands—in order to divert traffic to illicit sites of every type. To encourage recipients to click through, spammers design their ema [..]

  Derived from the Monty Python song 'Spam Spam Spam Spam', with seemingly endless repetition! Computer Spam is the electronic equivalent of Junk Mail. Companies and individuals who specialised previously in Mail Shots through the postal system have turned to Spam as a means of delivering (usually) worthless messages at a fraction of the [..]

Unsolicited email messages, often sent in bulk to a large number of users, usually for the purpose of advertising, spreading malware, or carrying out phishing.

An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn't ask for it.

Unsolicited commercial e-mail. Also known as junk e-mail.

A spam email is an unsolicited email message which is typically commercial in nature and contains disguised links that try to lure the victim into a phishing attack

Unsolicited email or text messages sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services. Federal legislation known as CAN-SPAM Act sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requireme [..]

Spam is unsolicited commercial email. It is sent, usually in bulk, through "open-relays" to millions of people. Spam is cost-shifted advertising. It takes a toll on Internet users' time, their resources, and the resources of Internet Service Providers (ISP). Most recently, spammers have begun to send advertisements via text message t [..]

Unsolicited, commercial e-mail messages that are sent out in bulk, often to millions of users in hopes that one person may actually reply. Spam messages often involve Internet hoaxes and should be del [..]

Unwanted, unsolicited email from someone you don’t know. Often sent in an attempt to sell you something or get you to reveal personal information.

"Spam" is defined as an unsolicited commercial bulk e-mail. In addition, spam is an e-mail that one did not ask for and do not want.

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Unsolicited "junk" email sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services.

Unwanted emails offering products and services of dubious benefit are often called Spam. Various types of anti-spam software are available, but the first line of defence may be your own Internet Service Provider, many of whom offer spam filtering services.

Bulk unsolicited email. Malware authors may use spam to distribute malware, either by attaching the malware to the message, or by sending a message containing a link to the malware.

Unwanted e-mails offering products and services of dubious benefit. Various types of anti-spam software are available, but the first line of defence may be your own Internet Service Provider, many of whom offer spam-filtering services. The golden rule is never to reply to a spam email, especially if it encourages you to click a link in order to uns [..]

Spam is unsolicited and unwanted email used to advertise products and services. Some spam will contain malicious links or attachments.

Unsolicited bulk email.

Spam is electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define spam even more generally as being any unsolicited email. In addition to being a nuisance, spam also takes up considerable network bandwidth

Unsolicited, commercial e-mail messages that are sent out in bulk, often to millions of users in hopes that one person may actually reply. Spam messages often involve Internet hoaxes and should be del [..]

Any unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant or inappropriate message sent to you by email, text message or other messaging service.

Unsolicited bulk electronic "junk" messages sent to huge numbers of people vis email, instant messaging, Usenet newsgroups, and more.

A spam (or junk) email is an unsolicited message sent to one or more users. The University utilises an automated email protection system which helps protect users from spam emails.  Further information can be found on the Staying Safe when using Email intranet page

Chiefly, unsolicited email that an automated system sends in bulk. Because recipients consider spam to be a costly nuisance, cPanel & WHM includes features like Apache SpamAssassin and BoxTrapper that can reduce the amount of spam that you receive. Server administrators can use WHM's  Tweak Settings interface (Home >> Server Configur [..]

  Refers to unsolicited "junk" e-mail sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services.  

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The often rapid production of the same unit (or type of unit) in mass numbers, with an eye on overwhelming an enemy position or invading force

Unwanted electronic messages.

Spam is unsolicited bulk email, the electronic equivalent of junk mail, that comes to your inbox.

(yes, SPAM!) – a sushi you can get in Hawaii (maybe Japan too), an acquired taste, perhaps.

Spam refers to the use of electronic messaging systems to send out unrequested or unwanted messages in bulk. The difficulty with stopping spam is that the economics of it are so compelling. While most [..]

Unsolicited communications

Unsolicited junk e-mail or newsgroup posting. Spam usually comes in the form of advertisements for some product or service.

To indiscriminately send unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate messages, especially commercial advertising in mass quantities. Noun: electronic "junk mail".

Unwanted email messages sent by malicious campains. Thankfully, Ekklesia 360 employs excellent spam protection in Forms and by obfuscating or "encoding" the display of any email address. rel [..]

Spam is the transmission of unsolicited message to e-mail acc ounts, internet forums, cell phones, instant messaging systems, and video sharing sites. These ubiquitous messages bombard us daily and can bring mild amusement or major annoyance.

Unwanted or unsolicited messages usually sent in mass quantities through e-mail, typically for advertising purposes.

Messages sent over the internet to lots of people for the purposes of advertising, phishing or spreading viruses (also known as Junk Mail).

(v.) To repeatedly cast a spell or do an ability.

Spam is increasingly common in social communities and signature lines but it does not represent real conversations we should include in the data set.

Unsolicited bulk electronic “junk” messages sent to huge numbers of people via email, instant messaging, Usenet newsgroups, and more.

Unsolicited email.

Spam is a repetitive and junk content that clogs the social media users’ feeds. The term was first used in 1970 to describe unnecessary messages.

Unwanted, unsolicited emails

E-mail or newsgroup messages that are unsolicited and generally irrelevant to the recipient.

Electronic junk mail -- unsolicited, often commercial email sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups. The Can-Spam Act of 2003 requires spam messages to be labeled and requires an opt-out process. Spam is usually blocked by anti-spam software, but only regular updates will maintain this software’s effectiveness.

Commercial email sent to people who did not opt in to receive it.

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Company_names|company names]] and . Spam entries are usually noted for sales-oriented language and external links to a commercial website. Blatant examples of advertising masquerading as dictionary [..]

“Spam” is a Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970 and written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. In the sketch, two customers are lowered by wires into a greasy spoon café and try to order a bre [..]

Spam or SPAM may refer to: Spamming, unsolicited or undesired electronic messages Email spam, unsolicited, undesired, or illegal email messages Messaging spam, spam targeting users of instant messagin [..]

Spam (stylized SPAM) is a brand of canned cooked meat made by Hormel Foods Corporation. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II. By 2003, Spam [..]

Spamming, in the context of video games, refers to the repeated use of the same item or action. For example, "grenade spamming" is the act of a player throwing a large number of grenades in [..]

Spam or SPAM may refer to: Spamming, unsolicited or undesired electronic messages Email spam, unsolicited, undesired, or illegal email messages Messaging spam, spam targeting users of instant messagin [..]

Spam or SPAM may refer to: Spamming, unsolicited or undesired electronic messages Email spam, unsolicited, undesired, or illegal email messages Messaging spam, spam targeting users of instant messagin [..]

Spam (stylized SPAM) is a brand of canned cooked meat made by Hormel Foods Corporation. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II. By 2003, Spam [..]