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, 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)

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.

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

French: charge utile (fr) f. 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.

Italian: carico utile (it) m. Norwegian: datalast (no) m.