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overload

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ load.

Pronunciation

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  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈləʊd/
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌləʊd/
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Verb

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overload (third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)

  1. (transitive) To load excessively.
  2. (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
  3. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
  4. (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.

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Noun

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overload (plural overloads)

  1. An excessive load.
  2. The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
  3. (automotive) An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
    • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 60:
      We did haul overloads sometimes[.]
  4. (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
    • 2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming:
      Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

Quotations

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  • 1968, Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman
    I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road
    Searchin' in the sun for another overload

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