Loading may refer to:

Biology

Carbohydrate loading Carbohydrate loading, commonly referred to as carb-loading, or carbo-loading, is a strategy used by endurance athletes, such as marathoners and triathletes, to maximize the storage of glycogen (or energy) in the muscles and liver. Carbohydrate l ...

, 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 ( ...

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 A structural load or structural action is a force, deformation, or acceleration applied to structural elements. A load causes stress, deformation, and displacement in a structure. Structural analysis, a discipline in engineering, analyzes the ef ...

to a system **

Disk loading In fluid dynamics, disk loading or disc loading is the average pressure change across an actuator disk, such as an airscrew. Airscrews with a relatively low disk loading are typically called rotors, including helicopter main rotors and tail rotor ...

, the pressure maintained over the swept area of a helicopter's rotor **

Seismic loading Seismic loading is one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering which means application of an earthquake-generated agitation to a structure. It happens at contact surfaces of a structure either with the ground, or with adjacent structures, o ...

, one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering **

Wing loading In aerodynamics, wing loading is the total mass of an aircraft or flying animal divided by the area of its wing. The stalling speed of an aircraft in straight, level flight is partly determined by its wing loading. An aircraft or animal with a ...

, the loaded weight of an aircraft divided by the area of its wing *

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 An electrical load is an electrical component or portion of a circuit that consumes (active) electric power, such as electrical appliances and lights inside the home. The term may also refer to the power consumed by a circuit. This is opposed t ...

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 *

Loading (computing) In computer systems a loader is the part of an operating system that is responsible for loading programs and libraries. It is one of the essential stages in the process of starting a program, as it places programs into memory and prepares them ...

, the process in which the contents of a file are read into a computer's memory

Other uses

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 * Loading (TV channel), a Brazilian TV Network focused on pop and geek culture

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