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Payload vs Mirv - What's the difference?

payload | mirv |

As a noun payload

is that part of a cargo that produces revenue.

As a verb mirv is

(transitive|military|slang) to attack with mirv missiles.

payload

English

Noun

(wikipedia payload) (en noun)
  • That part of a cargo that produces revenue
  • The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft
  • That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
  • (computing) The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it
  • (communication) The actual data in a data stream

    • mirv

    English

    ===(en)=== (en noun)
  • (military) multiple independently-targettable reentry vehicle - the independently targettable reentry capsule for a ballistic missile's payload, typically a nuclear weapon, where the missile has multiple instances of such

    • Derived terms

    * MIRV missile

    Related terms

    * MRV * RV