Overloading Explained

The term overloading may refer to:

• Function overloading, a software engineering process whereby multiple functions of different types are defined with the same name
• Operator overloading, a software engineering process whereby operators (e.g. + or -) are treated as polymorphic functions having different behaviors depending on the types of arguments used
• Overloading (chess), a tactical theme arising out of an opponent piece performing more than one defensive task in the game
• Overloading, in weight training, refers to performing exercises with higher resistance than the muscles can handle, causing microtrauma which leads to hypertrophy or muscle growth

See also

• Overload (disambiguation)
• Overlay (disambiguation)
• Overlap (disambiguation)