1. To place data into an internal register under program control.

2. To place a program from external storage into central memory under operator (or program) control, particularly when loading the first program into an otherwise empty computer.

3. An instruction, or operator control button, which causes the computer to initiate the load action.

4. The amount of work scheduled on a computer system, usually expressed in hours of work.

1. A device that consumes electric power.

2. The amount of electric power that is drawn from a power line, generator, or other power source.

3. The material to be heated by an induction heater or dielectric heater. Also known as work.

The device that receives the useful signal output of an amplifier, oscillator, or other signal source.

1. To place ammunition in a gun, bombs on an airplane, explosives in a missile or borehole, fuel in a fuel tank, cargo or passengers into a vehicle, and the like.

2. The quantity of gas delivered or required at any particular point on a gas supply system; develops primarily at gas-consuming equipment.

1. The weight that is supported by a structure.

2. Mechanical force that is applied to a body.

3. The burden placed on any machine, measured by units such as horsepower, kilowatts, or tons.

Unit of weight of ore used in the South African diamond mines; equal to 1600 pounds (725 kilograms); the equivalent of about 16 cubic feet (0.453 cubic meter) of broken ore.