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Spam vs Spamless - What's the difference?

spam | spamless |

As a proper noun spam

is tinned meat made mainly from ham by hormel foods corporation.

As an adjective spamless is

(internet|rare) without spam (electronic junk mail).

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.}}
  • (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.
  • (tinned meat product)

    • Hyponyms

    (Hyponyms of spam) * * * * * (hyp-mid) * * * * (hyp-bottom)

    Derived terms

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    Meronyms

    * e-mail, email

    Verb

    (spamm)
  • (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

    * * Official SPAM home page

    Anagrams

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    Usage notes

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    spamless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Internet, rare) Without spam (electronic junk mail).
  • * 2003 , Adam Cohen, The Perfect Store: Inside EBay
    • The site even had — in those innocent, spamless days — a directory of e-mail addresses, making it easy for users to communicate with message board regulars.
  • * 2004 , Paul Wolfe, Charlie Scott, Mike Erwin, Anti-spam tool kit
    • However, the largest impediment to a quick adoption and a world of spamless e-mail is that it places a heavy burden on the sender of new mail.
  • * 2005 , Wade Edwards, Todd Lammle, et al'', ''CCSP Complete Study Guide: Exams 642-501, 642-511, 642-521, 642-531, 642-541?
    • If only everyone on the Internet would do this, we could realize the dream of a spamless Internet utopia.
  • * 2006 , Gene Marks, Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists
    • ...welcome to join the conversation in a free, moderated, SPAMless e-mail discussion group.