Load

Load or LOAD may refer to:

Aeronautics and transportation

 * Load factor (aeronautics), 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, 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 (acronym: LOAD), a chronic neurodegenerative disease
 * Parasite load, 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, 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 transducer that is used to create an electrical signal
 * Load factor (computer science), 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, 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, 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, paraphernalia being transported
 * Factor loadings, in statistics, the exposure to specific factors or components in Factor Analysis or Principal Component Analysis
 * Load fund, a mutual fund with a type of commission known as a load
 * Load, a sexual slang term for semen