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The term "[[spam]]" originally referred only to unsolicited [[email]], but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam").
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The term "[[spam]]" originally referred only to unsolicited [[email]], but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam"; spam posted in the comments of a blog is "blogspam" or "comment spam").
 
==Reference==
 
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* {{wikipedia|Spam (electronic)}}
 
* {{wikipedia|Spam (electronic)}}

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The term "spam" originally referred only to unsolicited email, but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam"; spam posted in the comments of a blog is "blogspam" or "comment spam").

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