(computing) A type of mode in a user interface that is kept in place only through some constant action on the part of the user.

plural of spring-loaded mode

(computing) A type of computer architecture in which instructions either load/store values between memory and CPU registers, or perform calculations on values in CPU registers, but cannot directly perform calculations on values in memory.

plural of load-store architecture

A standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization system in which a route and aircraft, bridge, or raft is assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the maximum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.

One of the numbered classes in a standard system that categorizes routes, bridges, or rafts according to the load they can carry. Vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.

(nautical) load line

plural of load water line

(rare) A gullible simpleton.

A heavy and potentially harmful or unmanageable load that should be split into two smaller loads.