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autoloading

autoloading is the present participle and gerund of autoload.

Noun

autoloading (uncountable)

  1. The capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
  2. The act or process of loading automatically, as done by an autoloader.
    Antonyms:
    handloading

Meaning of autoload

Verb

autoload (third-person singular simple present autoloads, present participle autoloading, simple past and past participle autoloaded)

  1. To load (data or storage media) automatically.
  2. To load (firearms or artillery) automatically.

Antonyms of autoloading

Questions about autoloading

What does autoloading mean?
Autoloading means the capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
What is autoloading the present participle and gerund of?
Autoloading is the present participle and gerund of autoload.
What part of speech is autoloading?
Autoloading is a noun.

Words near autoloading in the dictionary

  1. autoliths
  2. autoload
  3. autoloaded
  4. autoloader
  5. autoloaders
  6. autoloading
  7. autoloads
  8. autolocalization
  9. autolocalized
  10. autolocate
  11. autolocated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autoloading (page history and authors); autoload (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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