verb
- third-person singular present tense of 'onload': to transfer (data or a program) from external storage into a computer's memory
Usage: computing; technical
Examples
- The browser onloads the webpage resources automatically when you visit the site.
- The system onloads the application into RAM before execution begins.
- Each time the page refreshes, the script onloads the necessary data files.
- The server onloads the configuration settings during startup.
- Modern devices onload large files more efficiently than older computers.