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Load or LOAD may refer to:
Mechanics
- Structural load, forces which apply to a structure
- Mechanical load, the external mechanical resistance against which a machine, such as a motor or engine, acts
Computing and electrical
- 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
- Load cell, a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal
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), a chronic neurodegenerative disease
- Afterload, the maximum effect of a heartbeat driving blood mass out of the heart into the aorta and pulmonary arteries
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
Other uses
- Cargo, paraphernalia being transported
- Load fund, a mutual fund with a type of commission known as load