Load

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The power consumed by a device or circuit in performing its function. A power-consuming device connected to a circuit. To enter data or programs into storage or working registers. To insert data values into a database that previously contained no occurrences of data. To place a magnetic tape reel on a tape drive, or to place cards into the card hopper of a card punch or reader.

load capacity - In pulse-code modulation (PCM), the level of a sinusoidal signal that has positive and negative peaks that coincide with the positive and negative virtual decision values of the encoder.

loader - A routine that reads data into main storage.

load factor - The ratio of the average load over a designated period of time to the peak load occurring during that period.

loading - The insertion of impedance into a circuit to change the characteristics of the circuit. In multichannel communications systems, the insertion of white noise or equivalent dummy traffic at a specified level to simulate system traffic and thus enable analysis of system performance. In telephone systems, the load, i.e., power level, imposed by the busy hour traffic.

loading characteristic - In multichannel telephone systems, a plot, for the busy hour, of the equivalent mean power and the peak power as a function of the number of voice channels.

loading coil - A coil that does not provide coupling to any other circuit, but is inserted in a circuit to increase its inductance.