overload
nounUK /ˈəʊvəˌləʊd/ · CA, US /ˈoʊvɚˌloʊd/
Etymology From over- + load.
1
An excessive load.
- If this last verbal overload has proven anything, it is that Rocko's Modern Life played better than it reads.2005, Hal Erickson, Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z, page 677:
2
The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
3
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
- We did haul overloads sometimes[.]2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 60:
4
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences An overloaded version of a function.
- Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming:
- Derived terms
- information overload, progressive overload, sensory overload
- Related terms
- overloading