overloading
過負荷
解説 Definition
overloading は overload（過負荷をかける、荷を積みすぎる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。機械、システム、人などに処理能力を超える負担をかけることを表します。
The present participle or gerund of overload, meaning the act or process of placing more weight, work, electrical demand, data, or responsibility on something or someone than can be handled safely or effectively.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overloading は overload「積みすぎる・過度な負担をかける」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。over-「限度を超えて」と load「荷を載せる」を分ければ、トラック、サーバー、人の処理能力を超えて負荷を載せる共通像が見えます。be overloading the server や avoid overloading someone で覚えましょう。
Divide overloading into over-, “beyond the proper limit,” load, “put a burden on,” and -ing. Keep one central picture: adding more than the receiver can safely or effectively carry. That receiver may be a truck carrying weight, a server processing requests, a circuit handling electricity, or an employee managing tasks. Use patterns such as “They are overloading the server,” “Overloading the truck is dangerous,” and “avoid overloading someone with work.” As an -ing form, it can appear in a continuous verb phrase or function as a gerund naming the activity.
例文
They are overloading the server with too many requests.
彼らは大量のリクエストでサーバーに過負荷をかけています。
Overloading the truck can make it unsafe to drive.
トラックに荷物を積みすぎると、運転が危険になることがあります。
The manager avoided overloading the new employee with extra tasks.
マネージャーは新入社員に追加の仕事を与えすぎないようにしました。
overloading の類義語・関連語
類義語
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overloading の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「ofer（超えて）」+「hladan（積む）」から成るoverloadに動名詞接尾辞-ingが付いた形。「over-（過度に）」+「load（荷）」で「積みすぎる」が原義。関連語にoverwork（過労）、download（下載）がある。IT用語のオーバーロード（多重定義）も同じ「重ねて載せる」の比喩から。
Overloading is the -ing form of overload. Overload combines over-, “excessively or beyond a limit,” with load, a word historically connected with carrying and putting cargo onto something. The compound first expresses placing too great a physical load on a carrier and readily extends to excessive demands on machines, electrical systems, computers, and people. Adding -ing marks an ongoing action or turns the action into a noun-like gerund.
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