Overheat vs Overload - What's the difference?
overheat | overload |
A condition of being overheated.
* 2002 , Earl Rogers, Captain (page 245)
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
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?
In transitive terms the difference between overheat and overload
is that overheat is to heat excessively while overload is to provide too much power to a circuit.In intransitive terms the difference between overheat and overload
is that overheat is to become excessively hot while overload is to fail due to excessive load.overheat
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Derived terms
* overheaterNoun
(en noun)- Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
overload
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Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.