OVERLOAD

overload, overburden

(noun) an excessive burden

overload

(noun) an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power

clog, overload

(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”

overload, surcharge, overcharge

(verb) place too much a load on; “don’t overload the car”

overload

(verb) become overloaded; “The aerator overloaded”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts

(intransitive) to fail due to excessive load

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.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*load", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overloaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Overloading.] Etym: [Cf. Overlade.]

Definition: To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

O"ver*load`, n.

Definition: An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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