PAYLOAD

Payload

Payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or launch vehicle, usually measured in terms of weight. Depending on the nature of the flight or mission, the payload of a vehicle may include cargo, passengers, flight crew, munitions, scientific instruments or experiments, or other equipment. Extra fuel, when optionally carried, is also considered part of the payload. In a commercial context, payload may refer only to revenue-generating cargo or paying passengers.

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payload

Noun

  1. That part of a cargo that produces revenue
  2. The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft
  3. That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
  4. The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it
  5. The actual data in a data stream


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