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By David Emery, About.com

Definition: In Internet parlance, unsolicited commercial email sent out in bulk; the electronic equivalent of junk mail.
Also Known As: electronic spam, junk email
Examples: "Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it." –- spam.abuse.net

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