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overloading en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ləʊdɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈoʊ.vɚloʊ.diŋ/ (US)

Etymology

From over + loading.

Meanings

  1. (countable, qualifier:object-oriented programming, uncountable) A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.
    • I guess we need to adapt to even more overloadings, since symbolophobia is part of Ada culture. 2013 July 9, G.B., “Re: The future of Spark . Spark 2014 : a wreckage”, in comp.lang.ada (Usenet):
  2. (countable, uncountable) The loading of a vehicle etc. with too heavy a weight.
    • Operators can be fined for overloading of vehicles.

Forms

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Hyponyms

function overloading · operator overloading · method overloading

Relateds

overload

Translations (9)

fi ylikuormitus (transport) · de Überladen (type of polymorphism) · tr aşırı yükleme (type of polymorphism) · fr surcharge (type of polymorphism) · fi kuormittaminen (type of polymorphism) · cs přetěžování (type of polymorphism) · fi ylikuormitus (type of polymorphism) · fr surcharge (transport) · el υπερφόρτωση (type of polymorphism)

overloading en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ləʊdɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈoʊ.vɚloʊ.diŋ/ (US)

Etymology

From over + loading.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of overload
    form of overload