onload

English

Etymology

From on- +‎ load.

Verb

onload (third-person singular simple present onloads, present participle onloading, simple past and past participle onloaded)

1. (transitive) To load onto or upon.
   • 1993, Douglas Menarchik, Powerlift--getting to Desert Storm:

     Also, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) from Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, was to onload at Jacksonville, Florida. On August 11, Military Traffic Management Command expanded operations by activating a team for sea terminal operations at Jacksonville, Florida.

   • 2001, The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon:

     Webb taxied to the FARP site, refueled, and then onloaded General Canavan and additional personnel for a re- turn flight to Monrovia.

   • 2004-2008, Illustrated Guide to Ocean Freight Containers:

     Ship to Shore Cranes Ship to shore container cranes are giant industrial cranes designed to onload and offload ocean freight containers from ocean vessels to dock side port facilities.

   • 2014, Dieter an Mey, Michael Alexander, Bientinesi Paolo, Euro-Par 2013:

     The interface to onload tasks is similar to that of workqueues but semantically richer and designed for parallel operations.

Antonyms

• offload

Noun

onload (plural onloads)

1. That which is onloaded.
   • 1999, North Eastern Reporter - second series - volume 715, page 32:

     By reducing the transaction costs of Indiana onloads and offloads of cargo relative to out-of-state onloads and offloads of cargo, the in Indiana exemption makes the petitioners more likely to make onloads and offloads of cargo for their Indiana customers.

Anagrams

• Doolan, no-load