n.

1. The revenue-producing part of a cargo.
2. 1. The total weight of passengers and cargo that an aircraft carries or can carry.
   2. The total weight of the instruments, crew, and life-support systems that a spacecraft carries or can carry.
   3. The passengers, crew, instruments, or equipment carried by an aircraft, spacecraft, or rocket.
3. The explosive charge carried in the warhead of a missile.

(1) Refers to the "actual data" in a packet or file minus all headers attached for transport and minus all descriptive meta-data. In a network packet, headers are appended to the payload for transport and then discarded at their destination. In a key-length-value structure, the key and length are descriptive data about the value (the payload). See protocol stack.

(2) In the analysis of malicious software such as worms, viruses and Trojans, it refers to the software's harmful results. Examples of payloads include data destruction, messages with insulting text or spurious e-mail messages sent to a large number of people.

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1. Cargo or freight producing revenue or income, usually expressed in weight. Any kind of merchandise that a carrier transports and that will be sold for profit is considered a payload.

2. Returned merchandise transported by truck to a wholesaler, while en route to another merchandise delivery. Since the truck did not have to make an extra trip to return the unwanted products, its trip was not considered unprofitable.

1. Cargo or freight producing revenue or income, usually expressed in weight. Any kind of merchandise that a carrier transports and that will be sold for profit is considered a payload.

2. Returned merchandise transported by truck to a wholesaler, while en route to another merchandise delivery. Since the truck did not have to make an extra trip to return the unwanted products, its trip was not considered unprofitable.

n. 1. the part of a vehicle's load, especially an aircraft's, from which revenue is derived; passengers and cargo.

2. an explosive warhead carried by a missile.

3. equipment, personnel, or satellites carried by a spacecraft.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD, NATO) 1. The sum of the weight of passengers and cargo that an aircraft can carry. See also load. 2. The warhead, its container, and activating devices in a military missile. 3. The satellite or research vehicle of a space probe or research missile. 4. The load (expressed in tons of cargo or equipment, gallons of liquid, or number of passengers) which the vehicle is designed to transport under specified conditions of operation, in addition to its unladen weight.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nyttelast

Nederlands (Dutch)
springlading, betalende vracht, gehele lading (mensen en vracht), vracht op vrachtwagen

Français (French)
n. - passagers et fret (avion, bateau), charge explosive, charge utile

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nutzlast, Arbeitskosten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ωφέλιμο φορτίο

Italiano (Italian)
carica esplosiva, carico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carga útil (f)

Русский (Russian)
полезный груз, полезная нагрузка, боевая часть ракеты

Español (Spanish)
n. - carga útil, carga explosiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyttolast

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
人事费, 弹头内的炸药, 火箭所载弹头, 收费载重量

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 人事費, 彈頭內的炸藥, 火箭所載彈頭, 收費載重量

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유료 하중, (기업의) 임금부담, 유효 탑재량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 有料荷重, 弾頭

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحمل الآجر, الحموله الصافيه, الشحنه المتفجرة, حموله سفينه أو طائرة ما من ركاب وبضائع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציוד של חללית, מטען (המטוס), טיל בעל ראש-נפץ, סחורות המובלות במכונית‬

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