Overload or overloaded may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Overload'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Arthur Hailey * Overload ''(Teen Titans)'', a character from the ''Teen Titans'' animated series * ''Overload'' (video game), a 2018 first-person shooter game from Revival Productions *"Overload", an episode from the second season of the television series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''

Medical

Information overload Information overload (also known as infobesity, infoxication, information anxiety, and information explosion) is the difficulty in understanding an issue and effectively making decisions when one has too much information (TMI) about that issue, ...

, having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic * Iron overload, an accumulation of iron in the body from any cause * Sensory overload, occurs when one or more of the body's senses experiences over-stimulation from the environment

Music

Bands

Overload (Chinese band) Overload (超载乐队 chaozai) is a Chinese rock band,Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World - Page 67 Jeremy Wallach, Harris M. Berger, Paul D. Greene - 2011 At the time that Chinese rock first began, there were people who th ...

, a Chinese rock / thrash metal band *

Overload (Pakistani band) Overload () is a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab, formed in August 2003. The group is directed by producer, lead vocalist and drummer, Farhad Humayun and keyboard/synth player, songwriter and composer, Sheraz Siddiq, who were soon jo ...

, a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab * Overload (Swedish band), a heavy metal band from Bollnäs, Sweden *

Overload Generation ''The X Factor'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eleventh series began airing on ITV on 30 August 2014 and finished on 14 December 2014. Dermot O'Leary presented his eighth series of the main show on ITV ...

, an English boy band

Albums

* ''Overload'' (Anthem album), a 2000 album by Japanese heavy metal band Anthem * ''Overload'' (Georgia Anne Muldrow album), a 2018 album by American musician Georgia Anne Muldrow * ''Overload'' (Harem Scarem album), a 2005 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem * ''Overload'' (Overload album), a 2006 album by Pakistani rock band Overload *'' Overloaded: The Singles Collection'', a 2006 album by the Sugababes * ''Overload'' (EP), a 2022 extended play by South Korean rock band

Xdinary Heroes Xdinary Heroes () is a South Korean rock band under JYP Entertainment's sub-label, Studio J. They officially debuted on December 6, 2021, with the single "Happy Death Day". The band consists of six members: Gunil, Jungsu, Gaon, O.de, Jun Han, a ...

Songs

* "Overload" (John Legend song), a song from the album ''Darkness and Light (album)'' * "Overload" (Dot Rotten song), a 2012 grime/dubstep song by rapper Dot Rotten * "Overload" (Sugababes song), a 2000 pop song by the UK girl group Sugababes * "Overload" (Voodoo and Serano song), a 2003 dance song by Voodoo and Serano *"Overload", a song by Raven from their 1987 album '' Life's a Bitch'' *"The Overload", a song by Talking Heads from their 1980 album '' Remain in Light''

Technology

* Electrical overload * Function overloading, the ability to create multiple functions of the same name with different implementations *

Mechanical overload (engineering) The failure or fracture of a product or component as a result of a single event is known as mechanical overload. It is a common failure mode. The terms are used in forensic engineering and structural engineering when analysing product failure. Fa ...

, when a component is stressed to failure in one event * Operator overloading, a process where different operators have different implementations depending on their arguments * ''Overload'' (magazine), a software development journal * Overload protection, for power supplies

Other uses

Overload (chess) Overloading (also overworking) is a chess tactic in which a defensive piece is given an additional defensive assignment which it cannot complete without abandoning its original defensive assignment. Examples Krasenkow–Karpov, in the first rou ...

Overload (convention) Overload (formerly Doujin Overload) is an annual single-day anime convention focusing on doujin held in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the first of its kind to run in New Zealand. Origins Overload (the Doujin Overload) was set up based on convers ...

, a comic and manga convention held in Auckland, New Zealand *

Operation Overload Operation Overload was a forced resettlement operation conducted by the Rhodesian Army that took place over six weeks starting on 27 July 1974. It aimed to separate civilians from the guerrillas whom they typically supported. Resettlement Op ...

, a military operation by the Rhodesian Army in 1974