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Meaning
Noun
●
In Computing & E-mail:
Text
inserted
into an
email address
in order to
make it
invalid
, though still
readable
to a
human being
. For
example
, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "."
symbols
have been
replaced
with
literal
text
to
prevent
automated
spambots
from
finding
the
email address
while still
leaving
it
readable
.
Verb
●
In Computing & E-mail:
To
obfuscate
(an
email address
) with a spamblock.
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Wiktionary
Origin
spamblock
English
block
English
blok
Middle English (1100-1500)
bloc
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
blok
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
spam
English
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Etym
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