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2. | load - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" Synonyms: loading | |
3. | load - goods carried by a large vehicle | |
4. | load - an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl" | |
5. | load - the power output of a generator or power plant | |
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7. | ![]() Synonyms: lode | |
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9. | load - electrical device to which electrical power is delivered | |
Verb | 1. | load - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" |
2. | load - provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully" Synonyms: charge | |
3. | load - put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks" |
1. | load - To copy data (often program code to be run) into memory, possibly parsing it somehow in the process. E.g. "WordPerfect can't load this RTF file - are you sure it didn't get corrupted in the download?" Opposite of save. | ||
2. | load - The degree to which a computer, network, or other resource is used, sometimes expressed as a percentage of the maximum available. E.g. "What kind of CPU load does that program give?", "The network's constantly running at 100% load". Sometimes used, by extension, to mean "to increase the level of use of a resource". E.g. "Loading a spreadsheet really loads the CPU". See also: load balancing. | ||
3. | load - To install a piece of software onto a system. E.g. "The computer guy is gonna come load Excel on my laptop for me". This usage is widely considered to be incorrect. |