What is Spam?
The word spam is used a lot these days, to describe all manner of unsolicited bulk messages that are sent indiscriminately to electronic messaging systems. While spam was originally associated with email messaging services, the rise of social networking and blogging means that spam can now be found in practically all corners of the Internet. Some of the various media that are abused by spam messaging include instant messaging, usenet, search engines, blogs, wikis, online classifieds, forums, and social networking sites. The term spam is even used sometimes to describe non-Internet services such as television advertising, print classifieds, mobile phones, and junk mail.
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