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It's a contraction of "spiced" and "ham" ie. principal ingredients to form a memorable product name. SPiced hAM equals SPAM.

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How do you block spam from your computer?

either activate the spam filter in your mail account (google, or yahoo, or what have you), or download a spamfilter plugin for outlook express (or whatever you use). Google "spam filter".


What is the difference between spam and luncheon meat?

Spam is made of lan jiao whereas luncheon meat is made of cheebye.


Where was Hormel Spam invented?

Minnesota


What is the history of spam?

Brad Templeton's nice summary of the history of spam (bulk unsolicited e-mail, not the Hormel meat product) at http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html says the first spam was in 1978 from DEC: http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html


Who invented spam?

Spam was originally a way to use up scrap meat left over from commercial processing. It became a staple food during the Great Depression, since it was cheap and lasted a long time in the can, and was a mainstay for the military during World War II, for the same reasons. Some people were glad to see the last of having to eat Spam, after the war; others had developed a taste for it, and continued to eat it often.Spam has experienced a popular resurgence in recent years, after years of negative perceptions and jokes about it, for the same reasons it became popular in the first place.AnswerIn the 1930's depression and crisis was all over the nation. So to make life easier some companies decided to sell cheaper products so people could at least eat. SPAM was one of them, it did help alot, and until today we're still eating it.