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      overload
      noun
      An excessive load.
      (automotive) An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
      The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
      (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
      verb
      (transitive) To load excessively.
      (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
      (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.
      (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
      Synonyms for overload
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      Words related to overload
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