offload
/ɔfˈloʊd/
verb
- To unload or remove a load or cargo from a vehicle, ship, or container.
- The workers offloaded the boxes from the truck.
- He offloaded the groceries from the car.
- We need to offload the cargo before the ship leaves.
- To get rid of something unwanted or burdensome, such as a task, responsibility, or possession.
- She offloaded her old furniture to a charity shop.
- He offloaded his stress by talking to a friend.
- The manager offloaded the difficult project onto a new employee.
- To transfer data or processing tasks from one system to another, especially to reduce load.
- You can offload photos to an external drive to free up space.
- The network offloads traffic to a backup server during peak hours.
- The app offloads heavy calculations to the cloud server.
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