Definition of Overloading

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load beyond capacity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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overloading
(or "operator overloading"). use of a single symbol to represent operators with different argument types, e.g. "-", used either, as a monadic operator to negate an expression, or as a dyadic operator to return the difference between two expressions. another example is "+" used to add either integers or floating-point numbers. overloading is also known as ad-hoc polymorphism.

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WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
(hypernym) load, loading, burden
2. an excessive burden
(synonym) overburden
(hypernym) load, loading, burden
(derivation) surcharge, overcharge

Verb
1. become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"
(derivation) overburden
2. fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
(synonym) clog
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(derivation) overburden
3. place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"
(synonym) surcharge, overcharge
(hypernym) load, lade, laden, load up
(derivation) overburden

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Excessive loading of the vessel causing instability, limited maneuverability, dangerously reduced freeboard, etc. (USCG2)

By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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Noman's Java(TM) Glossary

Using one identifier to refer to multiple items in the same scope. In the Java programming language, you can overload methods but not variables or operators.

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The terms overloading and overloaded may refer to:

Constructor and function/method overloading, in computer science, a type of polymorphism where different functions with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed
Operator overloading, a form of functional or method overloading where the action being overloaded is an operator, such as + or -
Overloading (chess), a tactical theme arising out of an opponent piece performing more than one defensive task in the game
Overloading, in weight training, refers to performing exercises with higher resistance than the muscles can handle, causing microtrauma which leads to hypertrophy or muscle growth
, a greatest hits compilation album by the group Sugababes
The act of running a machine or device, such as an engine, at a rate, burden or power level higher than it can handle, risking permanent damage to the machine.