Load or LOAD may refer to:

Aeronautics and transportation

Load factor (aeronautics) In aeronautics, the load factor is the ratio of the lift of an aircraft to its weightHurt, page 37 and represents a global measure of the stress ("load") to which the structure of the aircraft is subjected: : n = \frac, where : n is the load factor ...

, the ratio of the lift of an aircraft to its weight * Passenger load factor, the ratio of revenue passenger miles to available seat miles of a particular transportation operation (e.g. a flight)

Biology and medicine

Afterload Afterload is the pressure that the heart must work against to eject blood during systole (ventricular contraction). Afterload is proportional to the average arterial pressure. As aortic and pulmonary pressures increase, the afterload increases on ...

, the maximum effect of a heartbeat driving blood mass out of the heart into the aorta and pulmonary arteries * Genetic load, of a population *Late-Onset

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...

(acronym: LOAD), a chronic neurodegenerative disease *

Parasite load Parasite load is a measure of the number and virulence of the parasites that a host organism harbours. Quantitative parasitology deals with measures to quantify parasite loads in samples of hosts and to make statistical comparisons of parasitism ac ...

, of an organism * Viral load, of organisms and populations

Computing and electricity

* Load (computing), a measure of how much processing a computer performs * Electrical load, a device connected to the output of a circuit * Electronic load, a simulated electrical load used for testing purposes *

Invade-a-Load A fast loader is a software program for a home computer, such as the Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum, that accelerates the speed of file loading from floppy disk or compact cassette. Floppy disks Fast loaders came about because of a discrep ...

, was a fast loader routine used in software for the Commodore 64 computer; it was used in commercial computer games * Load balancing (computing), or load distribution, a method that improves the distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources * Load balancing (electrical power), or load distribution, the storing of excess electrical power by power stations during low demand periods, for release as demand rises *

Load cell A load cell converts a force such as tension, compression, pressure, or torque into an electrical signal that can be measured and standardized. It is a force transducer. As the force applied to the load cell increases, the electrical signal change ...

, a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal *

Load factor (computer science) In computing, a hash table, also known as hash map, is a data structure that implements an associative array or dictionary. It is an abstract data type that maps keys to values. A hash table uses a hash function to compute an ''index'', also ...

, the ratio of the number of records to the number of addresses within a data structure * Load factor (electrical), the average power divided by the peak power over a period of time *

Load file A load file in the litigation community is commonly referred to as the file used to import data (coded, captured or extracted data from ESI processing) into a database; or the file used to link images. These load files carry commands, commandi ...

, the file used to import data into a database or to link images * Load management, also known as demand side management (DSM), the process of balancing the supply of electricity on the network with the electrical load *

Load testing Load testing is the process of putting demand on a structure or system and measuring its response. Software load testing The term ''load testing'' is used in different ways in the professional software testing community. ''Load testing'' gene ...

, the process of putting demand on a system and measuring its response

Mechanics, construction, and architecture

* Add-on factor, or load factor, floor area, floor space, or floorspace, is the area (measured as square feet or square metres) taken up by a building or part of it * Mechanical load, the external mechanical resistance against which a machine, such as a motor or engine, acts * Structural load, forces which apply to a structure * Wind load * Moving load, this is the load that changes in time the place to which is applied

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

Places

* Load, Kentucky * Load Brook, a hamlet in England

Other uses

*'' The Load'', a 2018 Serbian war film *

Cargo Cargo consists of bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. ''Cargo'' was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including trans ...

, paraphernalia being transported *

Factor loadings Factor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors. For example, it is possible that variations in six observed ...

, in statistics, the exposure to specific factors or components in Factor Analysis or Principal Component Analysis *

Load fund Mutual fund fees and expenses are charges that may be incurred by investors who hold mutual funds. Operating a mutual fund involves costs, including shareholder transaction costs, investment advisory fees, and marketing and distribution expenses. ...

, a mutual fund with a type of commission known as ''load'' *Load, a sexual slang term for

Semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. Semen i ...