Spam
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- For spam on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Spam.
Spam may refer to:
- Spam (food), canned meat that is sold by Hormel.
- Spam (electronic), unsolicited or undesired bulk electronic messages.
- E-mail spam, unsolicited e-mail.
- Usenet newsgroup spam
- Forum spam, posting advertisements or useless posts on a forum.
- Spamdexing, manipulating a search engine to create the illusion of popularity for webpages.
- Messaging spam ("SPIM"), use of instant messenger services for advertisement or even extortion.
- Spam (Monty Python), a comedy sketch involving the meat. The technological term takes its name from this sketch.
- Spam (computer game), to repeatedly use one weapon or tactic. This term is based on the technological meaning of undesired bulk electronic message.
- Flyposting ("street spam"), illegal blanket advertising in public places.
- Spam (song), a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic and parody of Stand by R.E.M.
- Spam of control, unneccessary rules and regulations in organisations

