ETYM Old Eng. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. Related to Lade, Lead, Lode.
(Homonym: load).
1. Something to be borne or conveyed; SYN. loading, burden.
2. A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; SYN. loading.
3. The power output of a generator or power plant.
4. A device to which electrical power is delivered.
5. (Informal) An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate.
In earth sciences, material transported by a river. It includes material carried on and in the water (suspended load) and material bounced or rolled along the river bed (bedload). A river's load is greatest during a flood, when its discharge is at its highest.
The term “load” can also refer to material transported by a glacier or by the sea.

1. To fill or load; SYN. lade, laden, load up.
2. To place a load on
3. To provide with munition; SYN. charge.
4. To put (something) on a structure or conveyance

1. The total computing burden a system carries at one time.
2. In electronics, the amount of current drawn by a device.
3. In communications, the amount of traffic on a line.

To place information from storage into memory for processing, if it is data, or for execution, if it is program code.