Load

Load may refer to:

• Structural load, forces which are applied to a structure
• Cargo, material being transported
• Mechanical load, the external mechanical resistance against which a machine, such as a motor or engine, acts
• Load, Kentucky
• The load of a mutual fund (see Mutual fund fees and expenses)
• Electrical load, a device connected to the output of a circuit
• Electronic load, a simulated electrical load used for testing purposes
• Load (computing), a measure of how much processing a computer performs
• Preload (disambiguation), various meanings
• Afterload, a medical term describing the maximum effect of a heartbeat driving blood mass out of the heart into the aorta and pulmonary arteries.

Biology and medicine

• The genetic load of a population
• The parasite load of an organism
• The viral load of organisms and populations
• Late-Onset Alzheimer's disease (acronym: LOAD)

Music

• Load Records, an American experimental independent record label
• Load (album), the 6th album released by the band Metallica
• Loads (album), A 1995 compilation of the British pop group Happy Mondays

See also

• Loading (disambiguation)
• Loaded (disambiguation)
• Loader (disambiguation)
• Lode
• Lod