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S vs Offload - What's the difference?

s | offload |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb offload is

to unload.

As a noun offload is

the act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    offload

    English

    Alternative forms

    * off-load

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to unload
  • to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else
    • He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
  • * 2013 , Bertrand Dufrasne, ?Bruno Anderson Barbosa, ?Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation
    • For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.
  • (rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport citation
    • , passage=Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.}}