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Word: payload (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft
  • communications The actual data in a data stream
  • computing The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it
  • That part of a cargo that produces revenue
  • That part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.

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