Load Balancing

Load balancing or load distribution may refer to:

  • Load balancing (computing), balancing a workload amongst multiple computer devices
  • Load balancing (electrical power), the storing of excess electrical power by power stations during low demand periods, for release as demand rises
  • Weight distribution, the apportioning of weight within a vehicle, especially cars, airplanes, and watercraft
  • Production leveling, a pre-requisite to allow 'flow' in the factory

Famous quotes containing the words load and/or balancing:

    “To watch another carrying a load requires no exertion.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.”
    —C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)