payload
IPA: pˈeɪɫoʊd
noun
- That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
- The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
- That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
- (computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.
- (communication) The actual data in a data stream.
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Examples of "payload" in Sentences
- The packet consists of payload.
- The crew of seven, the spacecraft, and the payload were lost.
- The payload would be carried in a standard payload container.
- The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to earth.
- The receiver is used to hone in on the animal to get the payload back.
- It is payload in LEO, but it's not really all 'discretionary' payload.
- The rockets carried an Auroral research payload for the University of Iowa.
- The differences, assuming the carrier is the same, will compose the payload.
- The electromagnets repel this ionized gas imparting thrust upon the payload.
- The dimension of the measure is the product of payload quantity and the length.
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