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[load]
LOAD or LOAD may refer to: [toc right]
** Aeronautics and transportation
- Load factor (aeronautics) , the ratio of the lift of an aircraft to its weight
- Passenger load factor , the ratio of revenue passenger miles to available seat miles of a particular transportation operation (e.g. a flight)
** Biology and medicine
- Afterload , the maximum effect of a heartbeat driving blood mass out of the heart into the aorta and pulmonary arteries
- Genetic load , of a population
- Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (acronym: LOAD), a chronic neurodegenerative disease
- Parasite load , of an organism
- Viral load , of organisms and populations
** Computing and electricity
- Load (computing) , a measure of how much processing a computer performs
- Electrical load , a device connected to the output of a circuit
- Electronic load , a simulated electrical load used for testing purposes
- Invade-a-Load , was a fast loader routine used in software for the Commodore 64 computer; it was used in commercial computer games
- Load balancing (computing) , or load distribution, a method that improves the distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources
- Load balancing (electrical power) , or load distribution, the storing of excess electrical power by power stations during low demand periods, for release as demand rises
- Load cell , a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal
- Load factor (computer science) , the ratio of the number of records to the number of addresses within a data structure
- Load factor (electrical) , the average power divided by the peak power over a period of time
- Load file , the file used to import data into a database or to link images
- Load management , also known as demand side management (DSM), the process of balancing the supply of electricity on the network with the electrical load
- Load testing , the process of putting demand on a system and measuring its response
** Mechanics, construction, and architecture
- Add-on factor , or load factor, floor area, floor space, or floorspace, is the area (measured as square feet or square metres) taken up by a building or part of it
- Mechanical load , the external mechanical resistance against which a machine, such as a motor or engine, acts
- Structural load , forces which apply to a structure
- Wind load
- Moving load , this is the load that changes in time the place to which is applied
** Music
- Load Records , an American experimental independent record label
- _Load_ (album) , the 6th album released by the band Metallica
- _Loads_ (album) , a 1995 compilation of the British pop group Happy Mondays
** Places
- Load, Kentucky
- Load Brook , a hamlet in England
** Other uses
- _The Load_ , a 2018 Serbian war film
- Cargo , paraphernalia being transported
- Factor loadings , in statistics, the exposure to specific factors or components in Factor Analysis or Principal Component Analysis
- Load fund , a mutual fund with a type of commission known as a _load_
- Load, a sexual slang term for semen
- Load, put cartridges into a firearm
** See also
- Loaded (disambiguation)
- Loader (disambiguation)
- Loading (disambiguation)
- Lod
- Lode
- Preload (disambiguation)
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