workload

American  

[wurk-lohd] / ˈwɜrkˌloʊd /

Or work load

noun

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

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workload British  

/ ˈwɜːkˌləʊd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of workload

First recorded in 1940–45; work + load

Example Sentences

Weakness overall sales meant firms reported being able to easily keep on top of their workloads in last month, with backlogs of work declining markedly again.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Right now, ICE is my 100% workload, and I have to shove everything else in,” Lewis said.

From The Wall Street Journal

As AI models continue to improve and expand, the larger training and inference workloads and need for nearline storage will be a boost for Sandisk, Newman said.

From MarketWatch

Non-AI workloads from its bread-and-butter cloud business that stores, manages and processes data and applications for companies continue to power growth in the company’s Azure cloud business, analysts and investors said.

From The Wall Street Journal

As AI workloads shift to inference, or the process of running AI models after training, memory and storage have become more crucial to data centers.

From MarketWatch