Overload vs Overvoltage - What's the difference?
overload | overvoltage |
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.
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(physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential.
The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.
As nouns the difference between overload and overvoltage
is that overload is an excessive load while overvoltage is (physics) the difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential.As a verb overload
is to load excessively.overload
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(en noun)- Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.