workload

Or work load

[wurk-lohd]

noun

1. the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.

workload

/ ˈwɜːkˌləʊd /

noun

1. the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of workload¹

First recorded in 1940–45; work + load

Example Sentences

“I don’t think most people fully appreciate how complex these inferencing workloads are, when you’re deploying them at data center scale,” he said in an interview Thursday.

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Aviation industry officials credit automation with steady improvements in safety, including new cockpit features that have reduced pilots’ workloads and helped them avoid potentially catastrophic slip-ups.

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These appeals add significantly to the court’s workload and require it to consider thorny legal issues on compressed time frames, with minimal legal briefing.

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In 2018, AMD pivoted sharply to cloud computing, launching its Instinct line of data center GPUs, its first chips designed for AI workloads.

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AI can substantially cut teacher workloads and help pupils learn but schools need clearer guidance on how to use it "safely and ethically", the education watchdog has said.

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