workload
noun
work·load
ˈwərk-ˌlōd 
1
: the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned
students with a heavy workload
2
: the amount of work performed or capable of being performed (as by a mechanical device) usually within a specific period
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Students complained about the heavy workload.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Considering the lack of explosion coming from the passing game, and with little evidence that an explosion is coming anytime soon, Warren and Gainwell could and probably should see an even greater workload down the stretch.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The platform lets defense organizations run analytical and AI-heavy workloads inside completely disconnected environments, ensuring that data never leaves NATO’s sovereign perimeter.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
As the post explains, the first token demands high compute power, while the inference workload performance for all subsequent tokens is more memory-dependent.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
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workload
noun
work·load
ˈwərk-ˌlōd
1
: the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned
students with a heavy workload
2
: the amount of work performed or capable of being performed usually within a specific period
a machine's workload
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