overloading
nounUK /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ləʊdɪŋ/ · US /ˈoʊ.vɚloʊ.diŋ/
Etymology From over + loading.
1
A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.
Object-oriented programming
- I guess we need to adapt to even more overloadings, since symbolophobia is part of Ada culture.2013 July 9, G.B., “Re: The future of Spark . Spark 2014 : a wreckage”, in comp.lang.ada (Usenet):
2
The loading of a vehicle etc. with too heavy a weight.
- Operators can be fined for overloading of vehicles.
- Related terms
- overload
- Hyponyms
- function overloading, method overloading, operator overloading