Noun

Singular spam

Plural countable and uncountable; plural spams

spam (countable and uncountable; plural spams)

1. (uncountable, computing, Internet) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

   I get far too much spam.

2. (uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically-generated for commercial purposes.
3. (countable, rare, computing, Internet) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, usually by email or newsgroups.

   I received 58 spams yesterday.

4. Alternative form of SPAM.

Derived terms

• spammer
• spammy
• spamvertising

Spam may refer to:

• Spam (food), a canned meat product
• "Spam" (Monty Python), a comedy sketch
• Spam (electronic), unsolicited or undesired electronic messages (named after the Monty Python sketch); in particular:
  • E-mail spam, unsolicited or undesired email messages
• Spam (gaming), the repetition of an in-game action
• Street spam or Flyposting, illegal blanket advertising in public places.
• "Spam" (song), a song about the canned meat product, sung by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• "Spam", track #9 on It Means Everything, 1997 ska album by Save Ferris
• Smoothed Particle Applied Mechanics, the use of smoothed particle hydrodynamics computation to study impact fractures in solids