Overload vs Overdose - What's the difference?
overload | overdose |
to load excessively
to provide too much power to a circuit
(computer science) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
to fail due to excessive load
An excessive load.
The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
(computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
* 2005 , John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming?
To dose excessively, to take an overdose.
To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.
In transitive terms the difference between overload and overdose
is that overload is to provide too much power to a circuit while overdose is to dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.In intransitive terms the difference between overload and overdose
is that overload is to fail due to excessive load while overdose is to dose excessively, to take an overdose.overload
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(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.
Quotations
* Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman *: I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overloadDerived terms
* information overloadoverdose
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(overdos)- Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
- She overdosed on cocaine.
