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multiloader en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From multiload + -er or multi- + loader.

Meanings

  1. (dated) A piece of software that multiloads.
    • The other game in the package is the official adventure of the film The Neverending Story. Again, the original version was a multiloader, although this time the game came in four chunks. The 128 version is another single load program, which makes it far more enjoyable to play. 1986 April, Julian Rignall, “All the Little Extra Bits”, in Crash, number 27:
    • What those first games had though, which Licence To Kill doesn't, is a reasonable level of originality. They were multiloaders with several very different (if slightly crap) levels, while this one is more of a vertically-scrolling shoot-'em-up with very minor differences between levels. 1990 December, Jonathan Davies, “The YS Complete Guide to Film and TV Licences”, in Your Sinclair, number 60:

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