A rogue program that infects a computer and sends spam to everyone in the user's email address book. See spam relay. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

See spam filter and spam account. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

BBC Bitesize explores the origins of spam and other computer terms. It’s almost 100 years old and sold around the world, but perhaps that isn’t Spam’s biggest claim to fame The name has been ...