English

Verb

overload ‎(third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)

1. (transitive) to load excessively
2. (transitive) to provide too much power to a circuit
3. (transitive, object-oriented programming) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
4. (intransitive) to fail due to excessive load

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• Category:English words derived from: load (verb)

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Noun

overload ‎(plural overloads)

1. An excessive load.
2. The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
3. (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
   • 2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming‎

     Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

Quotations

• Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman

  I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overload

Derived terms

• cuteness overload (meme)
• information overload

Related terms

• Category:English words derived from: load
• overloading (noun)

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