Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A computer program that transfers data from offline memory into internal storage.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which loads: as, a truck-loader.
  • noun A red-finned herring.
  • noun A term in dicing, of uncertain meaning.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads.
  • noun computing A program that prepares other programs for execution.
  • noun A tractor with a scoop, for example: bucket loader, front-end loader, wheel loader, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
  • noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Etymologies

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to load + -er

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Examples

  • Assuming the lazy loader class name was LazyMixin and I set up the inheritance correctly, I could get at the real loader from within the module proxy with super (LazyMixin, self. __loader__).

    Coder Who Says Py 2009

  • The following truck loader is one of the biggest in the world – lenth 13.36 meters, width 7.78 meters and height 6.65 meters.

    World’s Largest Hole in the Ground | Impact Lab 2006

  • Not only are the prices of ammo supplies going up, we have idiots in NYC uisng it all up before the average hand loader is going to get to the stuff.

    The NYPD Needs Your Help! 2006

  • The advantage to having an official release of a boot loader is that it will not allow the console to run pirated software.

    Boing Boing: June 29, 2003 - July 5, 2003 Archives 2003

  • This is already a problem with our old front loader, which isn't as deep and has a smaller door.

    One Gay Under God drewan 2008

  • Eleven spent rifle shells on the floor of Avery ` s garage is another thing that prosecutors and police have talked about, and there was apparently also blood on the floor of the garage, a. 22-caliber semi-automatic rifle and a. 50-caliber black powder muzzle loader, which is originally the reason he was - ...

    CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2005 2005

  • The loader is the rare observer and he observes on the left side of the tank.

    CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2003 2003

  • The large wheel loader manufacturing facility will produce a new model of wheel loader, which is being developed at Caterpillar's Wuxi R&D Center, and that has been designed to suit the needs and requirements for mining applications in China and other growth markets.

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  • (a week) but have discovered so far that my use of insulin pens for years has made it much easier for me to use an infusion set that does not have the 'loader' - I am more certain inserting manually and it is, for me, much easier.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • (a week) but have discovered so far that my use of insulin pens for years has made it much easier for me to use an infusion set that does not have the 'loader' - I am more certain inserting manually and it is, for me, much easier.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

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