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anti-spam
Last modified: Tuesday, July 20, 2004
(adj.) Refers to any software, hardware or process that is used to combat the proliferation of spam or to keep spam from entering a system. For example, a Bayesian filter is an anti-spam software application, and the use of opt-in e-mail is an anti-spam process.