Meanings
nounoverloading (countable and uncountable, plural overloadings)
plural overloadings
- countableuncountableobject-oriented programmingA type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.
I guess we need to adapt to even more overloadings, since symbolophobia is part of Ada culture.
2013 July 9, G.B., “Re: The future of Spark . Spark 2014 : a wreckage”, in comp.lang.ada (Usenet) - countableuncountableThe loading of a vehicle etc. with too heavy a weight.
Operators can be fined for overloading of vehicles.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overload
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Czech přetěžování
- přetěžovánítype of polymorphism
Finnish kuormittaminen, ylikuormitus
- kuormittaminentype of polymorphism
- ylikuormitustype of polymorphism
- ylikuormitustransport
French surcharge, surcharge
- surchargetype of polymorphism
- surchargetransport
German Überladen
- Überladentype of polymorphism
Greek υπερφόρτωση
- υπερφόρτωση (yperfórtosi)type of polymorphism
Turkish aşırı yükleme
- aşırı yüklemetype of polymorphism
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