payload

English

Etymology

pay +‎ load

Noun

Wikipedia payload (plural payloads)

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. (computing) The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it
5. (communication) The actual data in a data stream

Translations

That part of a cargo that produces revenue

• Finnish: hyötykuorma (fi)
• French: fret (fr) m, charge utile (fr) f
• German: Nutzlast (de)

• Hungarian: hasznos teher (hu)
• Norwegian: nyttelast (no) m
• Russian: полезная нагрузка (ru) (poleznaja nagruzka)

The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft

• Finnish: hyötykuorma (fi)
• French: charge utile (fr) f

• Italian: carico (it), carico utile (it) m
• Norwegian: nyttelast (no) m
• Russian: полезная нагрузка (ru) (poleznaja nagruzka)

That part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance

• French: charge utile (fr) f
• Norwegian: nyttelast (no) m

• Russian: боезаряд (ru) (bojezaryád), боевая часть (ru) (bojevája část’) f

The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it

• French: charge utile (fr) f

• Norwegian: skadelast (no) m

The actual data in a data stream

• Finnish: tietosisältö (fi)
• French: charge utile (fr) f
• Hungarian: hasznos adat (hu)

• Italian: carico utile (it) m
• Norwegian: datalast (no) m
• Russian: полезная нагрузка (ru) (poleznaja nagruzka)