Load

Load may refer to:

• Structural load, forces which are applied to a structure
• Cargo
• The load of a mutual fund (see Mutual fund fees and expenses)
• The genetic load of a population
• The parasite load of an organism
• The viral load of organisms and populations
• LOAD is an acronym for Late-Onset Alzheimer's disease
• Load Records, an American experimental independent record label
• Load (album), the 6th album released by the band Metallica
• Loads (album), A 1995 compilation of the British pop group Happy Mondays
• Electrical load, a device connected to the output of a circuit
• Electronic load, a simulated electrical load used for testing purposes
• Load (computing), a measure of how much processing a computer performs
• Preload, a medical term for loading of blood mass into the heart in preparation of a heartbeat.
• Afterload, a medical term describing the maximum effect of a heartbeat driving blood mass out of the heart into the aorta and pulmonary arteries.