multiload

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ load

Pronunciation

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Noun

multiload (plural multiloads)

(computing, dated) A computer program that loads its code and data in a number of separate stages, typically to work around memory constraints.
- 1989, A Rock Star Ate My Computer (in Crash magazine, issue 64, May 1989)
  The finished game will be a multiload, with the first load allowing players to select which aircraft they'd like to fly.

Verb

multiload (third-person singular simple present multiloads, present participle multiloading, simple past and past participle multiloaded)

(computing, dated, intransitive) To load in separate stages.
- 1995, "Joseph Kelleher", Hey Joe, ...with that PD software in your hand? (on newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.games)
  The best games like Midnight Resistance made use of the 128 memory and did not multiload (unlike other discontinuous RAM sized machines, like the C64/128 or the Beeb, many Spectrum games used the 128 memory if available, so don't go on about how 128k made no difference and all games multiloaded).

Derived terms

multiloader