Load balancing or load distribution may refer to:
- Load balancing (computing), balancing a workload amongst multiple computer devices
- Load balancing (electrical power), the storing of excess electrical power by power stations during low demand periods, for release as demand rises
- Weight distribution, the apportioning of weight within a vehicle, especially cars, airplanes, and watercraft
- Production leveling, a pre-requisite to allow 'flow' in the factory
Famous quotes containing the words load and/or balancing:
“The only human beings I have thoroughly admired and respected in the world have been those who carried the load of the world with a smile, and who, in the face of anxieties that would have knocked me clean out, never showed a tremor. Such men and women end by owning us, soul and body, and our allegiance can never be shaken. We are only too glad to be owned. Religion is nothing but this.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.”
—Deborah Tannen (20th century)