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Spam typically refers to any of the following:

SPAM - a brand of canned meat sold by Hormel
Spam (Monty Python), a comedy sketch involving this meat, which in turn gave rise to the phrase:
Spamming - unsolicited electronic messages, such as e-mail spam;

Others uses of the term include:

A character from the Tolkien parody Bored of the Rings.
Any of a number of fanzines and magazines of the same name such as Spam magazine, published in the mid- 1990s in Houghton, Michigan.

This word has been voted as one of the ten English words that are hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company.

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Topics: Spam (Monty Python), Spam (electronic), Spamdexing, Spam...

Spam (Monty Python)Spam is a popular Monty Python sketch, first broadcast in 1970. The premise seems to be two customers trying to order a breakfast without SPAM from a menu which seemingly includes it in every item. It features Terry Jones as the waitress, Eric Idle as Mr	SpamSpam typically refers to any of the following: SPAM a brand of canned meat sold by Hormel Spam (Monty Python), a comedy sketch involving this meat, which in turn gave rise to the phrase: Spamming unsolicited electronic messages, such as e-mail spam; Other	SPAMThis article is about the canned meat. For the Internet term, see spamming. SPAM is a canned meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation that has entered into folklore. SPAM luncheon meat is also used as an artistic medium in SPAM carving contests.
Spam (electronic)Spamming is the act of sending unsolicited electronic 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	SpamdexingSpamdexing or search engine spamming is the practice of deliberately and dishonestly modifying HTML pages to increase the chance of them being placed close to the beginning of search engine results, or to influence the category the page is assigned to in	Spam magazineThere have been a number of magazines bearing the title Spam . One was a fanzine published in the mid- 1990s in Houghton, Michigan by Suburban Exchange, a coffeeshop and record store which sold furniture and displayed artwork. The subtitle or slogan on ev
Spam Prevention Early Warning System	Spammism	SpamAssassin
SPAM Jam	Spam wars	Spam (e-mail)
Spam bait	Spamgourmet	Spam buddy

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