payload

payload

English

Etymology

From pay +‎ load. From the early 20th century.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪloʊd/

Noun

payload (plural payloads)

1. That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
2. The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
3. That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
   • 1990, Dave Mustaine, "Rust in Peace... Polaris", Megadeth, Rust in Peace.

     I spread disease like a dog / Discharge my payload a mile high / Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils

4. (computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.
5. (communication) The actual data in a data stream.

Translations

that part of a cargo that produces revenue

Bulgarian: полезен товар (polezen tovar) Dutch: lading (nl) f Finnish: hyötykuorma (fi) French: fret (fr) m, charge utile (fr) f Georgian: მარგი ტვირთი (margi ṭvirti) German: Nutzlast (de) f Hungarian: hasznos teher Norwegian: Bokmål: nyttelast m or f Nynorsk: nyttelast m or f Russian: полезная нагру́зка (poleznaja nagrúzka) Swedish: nyttolast c Turkish: uçuş yükü Ukrainian: ко́ри́сне наванта́ження n (kórýsne navantážennja)

the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft

Chinese: Mandarin: 裝載量／装载量 (zhuāngzàiliàng), 載荷／载荷 (zh) (zàihè) Finnish: hyötykuorma (fi) French: charge utile (fr) f German: Nutzlast (de) f Italian: carico (it), carico utile m Norwegian: nyttelast m Russian: полезная нагру́зка (poleznaja nagrúzka) Swedish: nyttolast c Turkish: uçuş yükü Ukrainian: ко́ри́сне наванта́ження n (kórýsne navantážennja)

that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance

Chinese: Mandarin: 彈頭／弹头 (zh) (dàntóu) Finnish: hyötykuorma (fi) French: charge utile (fr) f German: Nutzlast (de) f Norwegian: nyttelast m or f Russian: боезаря́д (ru) (bojezarjád), боева́я ча́сть f (bojevája částʹ) Swedish: nyttolast c Turkish: uçuş yükü

the functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it

French: charge utile (fr) f Norwegian: skadelast m

the actual data in a data stream

Finnish: tietosisältö French: charge utile (fr) f Hungarian: hasznos adat Italian: carico utile m Norwegian: datalast m Russian: полезная нагру́зка (poleznaja nagrúzka)

References

• payload on Wikipedia.Wikipedia