1. Spam n : (trademark) a tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork
2. 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). 3. To send many identical or
nearly-identical messages separately to a large number of Usenet
newsgroups. This is one sure way to infuriate nearly everyone on the Net.
3. Spam v. To abuse any network service or tool by for promotional
purposes.
4. <jargon, programming> To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size
{buffer} with excessively large input data.
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Regards.
Bill
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Kenny Paul wrote:
> >At 10:09 AM 1/31/99 +0000, Ivan Pope wrote:
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> This is about the lamest attempt at feigning innocence that I've seen,
> outside of the OJ trail and Clinton's lack of crotch control.
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> Regards, Kenny Paul
> "live from the BART CART"
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