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