(computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
Verb
(transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
(transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
(intransitive) To put a load on something.
(intransitive) To receive a load.
(intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
(transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
(transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
(transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
(intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
(computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
(computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
