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Overload
Meaning
Verb
●
To
load
excessively.
●
To provide
too much
power to a circuit.
●
In Object-oriented programming:
To create different
functions
for the same
name
, to be used in different contexts.
●
To
fail
due to
excessive
load.
Noun
●
An
excessive
load.
●
The
damage
done, or the
outage
caused
, by such a load.
●
In Automotive:
An
load
of
goods
above the
prescribed
carrying weight
of the vehicle.
●
In Computing & Programming:
An
overloaded
version
of a function.
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Origin
overload
English
load
English
lode
Middle English (1100-1500)
over-
English
over-
Middle English (1100-1500)
ofer-
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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