load (cargo) into or on to a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.

we roamed the seas looking for a place to dock to onload food and supplies

transfer (data) from one computer or device to another

users are increasingly onloading data from their devices to the mobile network

the action or process of loading a ship, aircraft, or vehicle with cargo

during the onload, the crew took inventory three times before departing

the carrier berthed at the new jetty for a routine onload of operational stores

the action or process of transferring data from one computer or device to another

network operators should be cognizant of the net impact that both offload and onload have on the total data traffic