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, 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), a Chinese rock / thrash metal band
  • Overload (Pakistani band), a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab
  • Overload (Swedish band), a heavy metal band from Bollnäs, Sweden
  • Overload Generation, 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

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 Future and Metro Boomin from their 2024 album We Still Don't Trust You
  • "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), 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)
  • Overload (convention), an anime and manga convention held in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Operation Overload, a military operation by the Rhodesian Army in 1974

See also

  • Maximum Overload (disambiguation)
  • Overloading (disambiguation)
  • Overlay (disambiguation)
  • Overlap (disambiguation)
  • Overpower