:spam: [from the {MUD} community] vt. 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).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
Circus"] 1.
To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer... - buffer overflow: n. What happens when you try to stuff more data
into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle.
This may be due to a mismatch in the processing... - buffer overflow n.
What happens when you try to stuff
more data into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle.
This problem is commonly exploited by crackers to... - smash the stack: [C programming] n. To corrupt the execution stack
by writing past the end of a local array or other data structure.
Code that smashes the stack can cause a return from... - overrun: n. 1. [techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence of data
arriving faster than it can be consumed,
esp. in serial line communications. For example... - smash the stack n.
[C programming] To corrupt the execution
stack by writing past the end of a local array or other data
structure.
Code that smashes the stack can cause a return from... - velveeta n.
[Usenet: by analogy with spam] Also
knows as ECP;
a message that is excessively cross-posted, as opposed... - jello n.
[Usenet: by analogy with spam] A message
that is both excessively cross-posted and too frequently posted,
as opposed to spam (which is merely too frequently... - overrun n.
1. [techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence
of data arriving faster than it can be consumed,
esp. in serial line communications. For example...
