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Webster 1913 Edition
Overload
Oˊver-load′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overloaded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overloading
.] [Cf.
Overlade
.] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
O′ver-loadˊ
,Noun.
An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overload
OVERLOAD
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
overload
overload
English
Verb
overload (third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)
- (transitive) to load excessively
- (transitive) to provide too much power to a circuit
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
- (intransitive) to fail due to excessive load
Related terms
- Category:English words derived from: load (verb)
Translations
to load excessively
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to provide too much power to a circuit
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to create different functions for the same name
to fail due to excessive load
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Noun
overload (plural overloads)
- An excessive load.
- The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
- (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.
- 2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming
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)
Translations
excessive load
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overloaded version of a function
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