Mam dotaz: Znamena "spam" neco? Je to nejaka zkratka nebo od ceho to
pochazi?
Mam jiste podezreni, jen by me zajimal nazor jinych.
Neskryta reklama: poridte si dict!
Omlouvam se, je to dlouhe, nicmene vycerpavajici. :-)
Rray
~$ dict spam
5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
Spam
n : (trademark) a tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork
[syn: {Spam}]
From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]:
spam vt.,vi.,n. [from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"] 1. To crash a
program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input
data. See also {buffer overflow}, {overrun screw}, {smash the stack}. 2.
To cause a newsgroup to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate
messages. You can spam a newsgroup with as little as one well- (or ill-)
planned message (e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on
soc.women). This is often done with {cross-post}ing (e.g. any message
which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality
will almost inevitably spam both groups). This overlaps with {troll}
behavior; the latter more specific term has become more common. 3. To
send many identical or nearly-identical messages separately to a large
number of Usenet newsgroups. This is more specifically called `ECP',
Excessive Cross-Posting. This is one sure way to infuriate nearly
everyone on the Net. See also {velveeta} and {jello}. 4. To bombard a
newsgroup with multiple copies of a message. This is more specifically
called `EMP', Excessive Multi-Posting. 5. To mass-mail unrequested
identical or nearly-identical email messages, particularly those
containing advertising. Especially used when the mail addresses have
been culled from network traffic or databases without the consent of the
recipients. Synonyms include {UCE}, {UBE}. 6. Any large, annoying,
quantity of output. For instance, someone on IRC who walks away from
their screen and comes back to find 200 lines of text might say "Oh no,
spam".
The later definitions have become much more prevalent as the Internet
has opened up to non-techies, and to most people senses 3 4 and 5 are
now primary. All three behaviors are considered abuse of the net, and
are almost universally grounds for termination of the originator's email
account or network connection. In these senses the term `spam' has gone
mainstream, though without its original sense or folkloric freight -
there is apparently a widespread myth among {luser}s that "spamming" is
what happens when you dump cans of Spam into a revolving fan. Hormel,
the makers of Spam, have published a surprisingly enlightened position
statement (http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm) on the Internet usage.
rom The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02) [foldoc]:
spam
1. <messaging> (From Hormel's Spiced Ham, via the Monty Python
"Spam" song) To post irrelevant or inappropriate messages to
one or more {Usenet} {newsgroups}, {mailing lists}, or other
messaging system in deliberate or accidental violation of
{netiquette}.
It is possible to spam a newsgroup with one well- (or ill-)
planned message, e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?"
on soc.women. This can be done by {cross-post}ing, e.g. any
message which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and
alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both
groups. (Compare {troll} and {flame bait}).
Posting a message to a significant proportion of all
newsgroups is a sure way to spam Usenet and become an object
of almost universal hatred. Canter and Siegel spammed the net
with their Green card post.
If you see an article which you think is a deliberate spam, DO
NOT post a {follow-up} - doing so will only contribute to the
general annoyance. Send a polite message to the poster by
private e-mail and CC it to "postmaster" at the same address.
Bear in mind that the posting's origin might have been forged
or the apparent sender's account might have been used by
someone else without his permission.
The word was coined as the winning entry in a 1937 competition
to choose a name for Hormel Foods Corporation's "spiced meat"
(now officially known as "SPAM luncheon meat"). Correspondant
Bob White claims the modern use of the term predates Monty
Python by at least ten years. He cites an editor for the
Dallas Times Herald describing Public Relations as "throwing a
can of spam into an electric fan just to see if any of it
would stick to the unwary passersby."
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:news.admin.net-abuse}.
See also {netiquette}.
2. (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To indiscrimately send
large amounts of unsolicited {e-mail} meant to promote a
product or service. Spam in this sense is sort of like the
electronic equivalent of junk mail sent to "Occupant".
In the 1990s, with the rise in commercial awareness of the
net, there are actually scumbags who offer spamming as a
"service" to companies wishing to advertise on the net. They
do this by mailing to collections of {e-mail} addresses,
Usenet news, or mailing lists. Such practises have caused
outrage and aggressive reaction by many net users against the
individuals concerned.
3. (Apparently a generalisation of sense 2, above) To abuse
any network service or tool by for promotional purposes.
"AltaVista is an {index}, not a promotional tool. Attempts to
fill it with promotional material lower the value of the index
for everyone. [...] We will disallow {URL} submissions from
those who spam the index. In extreme cases, we will exclude
all their pages from the index." -- {Altavista}.
4. <jargon, programming> To crash a program by overrunning a
fixed-size {buffer} with excessively large input data.
See also {buffer overflow}, {overrun screw}, {smash the stack}.
5. <chat, games> (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To flood any
{chat} forum or {Internet game} with purposefully annoying
text or macros. Compare {Scrolling}.
(2001-05-17)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 [vera]:
SPAM
Spiced Pork and hAM (Usenet, EMP)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 [vera]:
SPAM
Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail (Usenet, EMP, slang)
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