PAYLOAD

'Payload' may refer to:

★ Cargo, goods or produce being transported

★ Payload (air and space craft), the carrying capacity of an aircraft or space ship

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★ Warhead, the explosive material and a detonator delivered by a missile, rocket, or torpedo

★ Payload (malicious software)

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Communication and information technology

Communication and information technology

In communication, telecommunications and information science, the payload or mission bit stream is the data, such as a data field, block, or stream, being processed or transported — the part that represents user information and user overhead information. It may include user-requested additional information, such as network management and accounting information. Note that the payload does not include system overhead information for the processing or transportation system.