overload

  1. Verb.  (transitive) to load excessively.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) to provide too much power to a circuit.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) (computer science) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) to fail due to excessive load.
  5. Noun.  An excessive load.
  6. Noun.  The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
  7. Noun.  (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.

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