loaders
Software initialization routines
Loaders are programs or routines that load other software into memory.
A boot loader starts an operating system.
A class loader in Java brings code into the runtime environment.
In gaming, loaders often refer to loading screens or the processes that populate game worlds with assets.
The term also applies to workers or machines that load cargo, ammunition, or materials: dock loaders, front-end loaders.
Harbor freight worker
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
- dockworkerPort cargo loader
- porterBaggage carrier or dark brew
- lumperDock freight handler
mover · unloader · warehouseman · stocker · packer · roustabout
Initial startup program
- preloaderSoftware that loads ahead
- bundlerOne who groups items
- initializationPreparing system for operation
Bound periodical with articles
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- clipCut or attach
- breechRear of barrel
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
round · bolt-action · cylinder · ammunition · firearm
Extendable-arm lifting vehicle
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
- bobcatWild cat, abbreviated tail
- payloaderWheeled earthmoving vehicle
articulated · boom · grapple · attachment · counterweight · scoop
Thing that rotates
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- preloadingLoading content ahead of time
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
longshoreman
Harbor freight worker
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
- dockworkerPort cargo loader
- porterBaggage carrier or dark brew
lumper · mover · unloader · warehouseman · stocker · packer · roustabout
bootloader
Initial startup program
- preloaderSoftware that loads ahead
- bundlerOne who groups items
- initializationPreparing system for operation
magazine
Bound periodical with articles
chamber · round · bolt-action · cylinder · ammunition · firearm
telehandler
Extendable-arm lifting vehicle
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
- bobcatWild cat, abbreviated tail
payloader · articulated · boom · grapple · attachment · counterweight · scoop
spinner
Thing that rotates
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- preloadingLoading content ahead of time
- equipmentconstruction equipment, medical equipment, industrial equipment, office equipment, farm equipment
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- British huntingfox hunting, fox hunt, foxhound, foxhunting, deer hunt
- capital equipmentmachinery, heavy equipment, factories, generators, turbines
- cargo handlingforklifts, pallets, crates, containers, lifting
- heavy equipmentexcavator, excavators, bulldozers, backhoe, bulldozer
loadersunloaders
Those who remove cargo
exporters · dumpers · savers · writers · extractors
loadersunloaders
Those who remove cargo
dumpers · dump trucks · excavators · emptiers · conveyors
- loaded upFilled to capacity
- loaded diceTampered probability cubes
- front-end loaderVehicle with forward-mounted scoop
- loaded questionInquiry containing hidden assumptions
- loaded gun
- locked and loadedFully prepared to fire
loaded, unloaded, loader, overloaded, freeloader, freeloaders, reloaded, underloaded