payload
What missiles deliver
Payload is what a vehicle carries beyond what's needed to operate it—the cargo that justifies the trip.
A truck's payload is its freight, a rocket's payload is its satellite or spacecraft.
In computing, payload refers to the data portion of a transmission, distinct from headers and metadata.
In cybersecurity, the payload is the part of malware that does the actual damage: The virus delivered its payload after lying dormant for weeks.
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
haul · bulk · commodities · delivery · container · trucking · aircraft · manifest
Munition's explosive section
- munitionMilitary weapon or projectile
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- torpedoPropelled undersea explosive
grenade · shell · nuclear · biological · chemical · explosive · incendiary · armor-piercing
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- orbitCurved celestial path
- missionPurpose-driven task
- liftoffMoment of ascent
propulsion · thrust · astronaut · trajectory · booster · telemetry · aerospace · NASA
Microscopic infectious agent
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- wormLimbless soil invertebrate
- backdoorHidden bypass mechanism
spyware · injection · executable · dropper · obfuscation · zero-day · cybersecurity · antivirus
cargo
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
merchandise · haul · bulk · commodities · delivery · container · trucking · aircraft · manifest · tonnage
warhead
Munition's explosive section
- munitionMilitary weapon or projectile
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- bombExplosive device or disaster
torpedo · grenade · shell · nuclear · biological · chemical · explosive · incendiary · armor-piercing · guided
rocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
liftoff · propulsion · thrust · astronaut · trajectory · booster · telemetry · aerospace · NASA · ESA
virus
Microscopic infectious agent
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- wormLimbless soil invertebrate
backdoor · spyware · injection · executable · dropper · obfuscation · zero-day · cybersecurity · antivirus · detection
weight
Measure of heaviness
volume · tonnage · bulk · dimension · proportion · extent · magnitude · range · capability · threshold
packet
Small sealed container
- transmissionSending of information
- encryptionConverting data into code
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
upload · download · server · byte · kilobyte · megabyte · JSON · XML · API · request
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- Space Programsrocket launch, satellite launch, launch vehicles, space station, lunar mission
- packet analysislive capture, traffic analysis, reassembly, packet loss, retransmission
- RPCstub, skeleton, proxy, marshalling, invoke
- stuffthings, items, objects, stuff, goods
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
payloadvehicle
Means of transport
carrier · launch vehicle · transport · rocket · aircraft
payloaddead weight
Inert, burdensome mass
tare weight · empty weight · curb weight · overhead · gross weight
- nuclear payloadWeapon's fissile charge
- payload capacityMaximum transportable weight