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Dictionary: o·ver·load   (ō'vər-lōd') pronunciation
tr.v., -load·ed, -load·ing, -loads.
To load too heavily.

n. (ō'vər-lōd')
An excessive load.


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Architecture: overload
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1. A load on a structure in excess of that for which it was designed.
2. Electric current, power, or voltage in excess of that for which a device or circuit was designed.


Veterinary Dictionary: overload
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A larger load than the system can comfortably bear.

  • tube o. — when repeated exposures are made at high output. This may vaporize the target or damage the cathode.
  • veterinary o. — the popular term for the knowledge explosion and the need to learn more by the veterinarian.

Codition that occurs when the load is greater than the system was designed to handle. (Load resistance too small, load current too high.) Overload results in waveform distortion and/or overheating.


Wikipedia: Overload
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Overload may refer to:

Technology terms

  • Computer science terms
    • Function overloading, a software engineering process whereby multiple functions of different types are defined with the same name
    • Operator overloading, a software engineering process whereby operators such as + or - are treated as polymorphic functions having different behaviours depending on the types of arguments used
    • Method overloading a type of polymorphism where different functions with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed
    • Type polymorphism or overloading, in computer science, allowing a single definition to be used with different classes of objects
  • Overcurrent, a situation where an electrical machine or system is subjected to a greater load than it was designed for
  • Information overload, the psychology term for the state of having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic
  • Mechanical overload, when a component is stressed to failure in one event
  • Overloaded expression is an ambiguous operator expression can only be understood based on the context

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Translations: Overload
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overlæsse, overbelaste
n. - overlæs

Nederlands (Dutch)
te zwaar (be)laden, te zware last, overbelasting

Français (French)
v. tr. - surcharger
n. - (fig) surcharge, (Génie Civ, Électron) surcharge

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überlastung
v. - überladen, überlasten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπερφόρτωση, υπερβολικό φορτίο
v. - υπερφορτώνω, υπερφορτίζω, παραφορτώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sovraccarico, sovraccaricare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobrecarga (m)
v. - sobrecarregar

Русский (Russian)
перегрузка, перегружать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobrecargar
n. - sobrecarga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - alltför tung last (börda)
v. - överlasta, ladda för hårt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使超载, 超过负荷, 超载, 负荷过多

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使超載, 超過負荷
n. - 超載, 負荷過多

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 짐을 너무 많이 싣다, 지나치게 충전하다
n. - 과적, 과부하

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 積みすぎ, 過負荷
v. - 荷を積みすぎる, 充電しすぎる, 装てんしすぎる, 重荷をかけすぎる, 荷を積み過ぎる, 過充電する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حموله زائدة (فعل) يبالغ في وضع الحموله على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העמיס יותר מדי‬
n. - ‮עומס יתר, כמות מוגזמת, דרישה מוגזמת‬


 
 
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