overload
IPA: ˈoʊvɝɫoʊd
noun
- An excessive load.
- The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
- (automotive) An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
- (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "overload" in Sentences
- The crew was forced at gunpoint to overload the aircraft.
- Maybe it is when the senses overload to the point of bliss.
- The overload of information would make the article ridiculous.
- The result is reminiscent of the concept of information overload.
- The overload delimiter is of the same form as the error delimiter.
- The first competency is the ability to manage information overload.
- It is inadvisable to overload the same term with multiple definitions.
- The cause of the sinking is thought to be that the ship was overloaded.
- The inner portion of the overload shaft is connected to an overload arm.
- The correction for server overloading is to donate liberally to the foundation.
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