Loading may refer to:
Biology
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Carbohydrate loading, a strategy employed by endurance athletes to maximize the storage of glycogen in the muscles
* Creatine loading, a phase of use of
creatine supplements
Creatine ( or ) is an organic compound with the nominal formula (H2N)(HN)CN(CH3)CH2CO2H. It exists in various modifications (tautomers) in solution. Creatine is found in vertebrates where it facilitates recycling of adenosine triphosphate ( ...
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Vocal loading Vocal loading is the stress inflicted on the speech organs when speaking for long periods.
Background
Of the working population, about 13% have professions where their voice is their primary tool. That includes professions such as teachers, sales ...
, the stress inflicted on the speech organs when speaking for long periods
Engineering
* Application of a
structural load to a system
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Disk loading, the pressure maintained over the swept area of a helicopter's rotor
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Seismic loading, one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering
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Wing loading, the loaded weight of an aircraft divided by the area of its wing
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Loading characteristic In multichannel telephone systems, the loading characteristic is a plot, for the busy hour, of the equivalent mean power and the peak power as a function of the number of voice channels.
The equivalent power of a multichannel signal referred to ...
, a measure of traffic on a telephone system
* Insertion of an
electrical load into a circuit
** Use of a
loading coil
A loading coil or load coil is an inductor that is inserted into an electronic circuit to increase its inductance. The term originated in the 19th century for inductors used to prevent signal distortion in long-distance telegraph transmission c ...
to increase inductance
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Loading (computing), the process in which the contents of a file are read into a computer's memory
Other uses
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Task loading
In underwater diving, task load indicates the degree of difficulty experienced when performing a task, and task loading describes the accumulation of tasks that are necessary to perform an operation. A light task loading can be managed by the opera ...
, the number of tasks taken on by a diver
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Loading (TV channel)
Loading was a short-lived Brazilian television network. Launched in December 2020, initially had programming focused on attractions about pop and geek cultures, series, movies, animations and esports. Its activities were discontinued in May 202 ...
, a Brazilian TV Network focused on pop and geek culture
See also
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Lading
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 tr ...
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Load (disambiguation)
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Loaded (disambiguation)
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Loader (disambiguation)
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