"multiload" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-uk-multiload.ogg [UK] Forms: multiloads [plural]
Etymology: multi- + load Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|load}} multi- + load Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiload (plural multiloads)
  1. (computing, dated) A computer program that loads its code and data in a number of separate stages, typically to work around memory constraints. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-multiload-en-noun-UBsUer3V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 63 37 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb [English]

Audio: en-uk-multiload.ogg [UK] Forms: multiloads [present, singular, third-person], multiloading [participle, present], multiloaded [participle, past], multiloaded [past]
Etymology: multi- + load Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|load}} multi- + load Head templates: {{en-verb}} multiload (third-person singular simple present multiloads, present participle multiloading, simple past and past participle multiloaded)
  1. (computing, dated, intransitive) To load in separate stages. Tags: dated, intransitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: multiloader
    Sense id: en-multiload-en-verb-NBpKaElJ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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