onload

verb, noun — 2 senses

onload

verb

Etymology From on- + load.

1

To load onto or upon.

  • 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.1993, Douglas Menarchik, Powerlift--getting to Desert Storm:
  • Webb taxied to the FARP site, refueled, and then onloaded General Canavan and additional personnel for a re- turn flight to Monrovia.2001, The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon
2 more examples
  • 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.2004-2008, Illustrated Guide to Ocean Freight Containers
  • The interface to onload tasks is similar to that of workqueues but semantically richer and designed for parallel operations.2014, Dieter an Mey, Michael Alexander, Bientinesi Paolo, Euro-Par 2013:
Antonyms
offload

onload

noun

Etymology From on- + load.

1

That which is onloaded.

  • 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.1999, North Eastern Reporter - second series - volume 715, page 32:

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