Load

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

Places

• Load, Kentucky
• Load Brook

See also

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