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multiload

multiload noun: a computer program that loads its code and data in a number of separate stages, typically to work around memory constraints.

Noun

multiload (plural multiloads)

  1. (dated) A computer program that loads its code and data in a number of separate stages, typically to work around memory constraints.
    • The finished game will be a multiload, with the first load allowing players to select which aircraft they'd like to fly.1989 May, “A Rock Star Ate My Computer”, in Crash, number 64
    • If it is a multiload game, then you will probably only get the main game part, not the levels […]
      […] sometimes possible to obtain the loader code, and change it to a suitable format that the emulators will use (called LLT multiloads - Load Level Trap) where the emulator looks for a certain 12 byte...1999, Seamus Ross, Ann Gow, Digital Archaeology: The Recovery of Digital Materials at Risk

Verb

multiload (third-person singular simple present multiloads, present participle multiloading, simple past and past participle multiloaded)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To load in separate stages.
    • The best games like Midnight Resistance made use of the 128 memory and did not multiload (unlike other discontinuous RAM sized machines, like the C64/128 or the Beeb, many Spectrum games used the 128 memory if available, so don't go on about how 128k made no difference and all games multiloaded).1995, Joseph Kelleher, “Hey Joe, ...with that PD software in your hand?”, in comp.sys.acorn.games (Usenet)

Forms of multiload

Noun
pluralmultiloads
Verb
third-person singular presentmultiloads
present participlemultiloading
past participlemultiloaded
pastmultiloaded

Origin of multiload

From multi- + load.

Words formed from multiload

Questions about multiload

What does multiload mean?
Multiload means a computer program that loads its code and data in a number of separate stages, typically to work around memory constraints.
What part of speech is multiload?
Multiload can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of multiload?
The plural of multiload is multiloads.

Words near multiload in the dictionary

  1. multiliteral
  2. multiliterate
  3. Multilith
  4. multilithed
  5. multilitre
  6. multiload
  7. multiloaded
  8. multiloader
  9. multiloaders
  10. multiloading
  11. multiloads

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