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Reload vs Preload - What's the difference?

reload | preload |

As verbs the difference between reload and preload

is that reload is to load (something) again while preload is to load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).

As a noun preload is

the end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.

reload

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To load (something) again
  • (computing) To refresh a copy of a program in memory or of a web page on screen
  • (firearms) to make one's own cartridges using spent (or new) cases and new powder, primer, and bullet/shot.
  • preload

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).
  • My computer came preloaded with wordprocessor software.
  • (intransitive, British, slang) To drink cheap alcohol at home before going out socially.
  • That nightclub is so expensive. Let's preload at your flat.

    Synonyms

    * (to load in advance) foreload

    Noun

  • The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.
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