23 JUNE 2023
This week's tech trivia:
Do you
know what
is the origin
of the term
"spam" for
unwanted
electronic
messages
?
Take your best guess!
A) It was created by a computer programmer named Spamford Wallace.
B) It came from a British comedy group sketch about Vikings.
C) The term was first used in an email scam campaign that involved the sale of canned meat products.
Keep scrolling to find out the right answer
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Tech Trivia's Answers
B)
In a Monty Python sketch, a group of Vikings repeatedly sing about spam, overpowering other conversations in a restaurant. People started likening unwanted emails to the intrusive nature of the sketch, leading to the adoption of the term "spam" for unsolicited messages.
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