Load and Stream

Load

Load verb - To place a weight or burden on.

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Stream and load are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stream" instead a verb "Load".

Nearby Words: loaded, loading, loader, loadable

Stream verb - To cause to flow in a stream.

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Load and stream are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Load" instead a verb "Stream".

full	full load	full stream
nice	nice load	nice stream
special	special load	special stream
long	long load	long stream
Other adjectives: complete, regular, single, small, entire, massive, large, huge, slow, new, near, extra, giant, horrific.

Load up, hold the launch button, and watch gleefully as an almost uninterrupted stream of missiles pour into your chosen target.

Source: Macross Missile Massacre
A shotgun released in the Smissmas 2014 update, the Panic Attack, allows its user (Engineer, Soldier, Pyro, or Heavy) to front-load four shotgun shells, then fire them in a stream of pellets that gets faster and wider the less health the user has.

Source: Shotguns Are Just Better
Though some consoles like the N64 used slow rom which means that the CPU didn't have access to the ROM directly: It can only stream items that don't require fast memory, like sound or animation and load everything else in RAM.

Source: Loads and Loads of Loading

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