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Maximize vs Overload - What's the difference?

maximize | overload |

As verbs the difference between maximize and overload

is that maximize is to make as large as possible while overload is to load excessively.

As a noun overload is

an excessive load.

maximize

English

Alternative forms

* maximise

Verb

(maximiz)
  • to make as large as possible
  • (computing, graphical user interface) to expand (a window) to fill the main display area
  • overload

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to load excessively
  • to provide too much power to a circuit
  • (computer science) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
  • to fail due to excessive load
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An excessive load.
  • The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
  • (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
  • * 2005 , John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming?
  • Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

    Quotations

    * Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman *: I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overload

    Derived terms

    * information overload