payload

搭載重量、ペイロード

航空機や宇宙船が運ぶ人、機器、貨物の合計重量。

やさしい英語で： The total weight of people, equipment, and goods carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.

• The aircraft has a small payload capacity.
• Extra equipment increased the payload by fifty kilograms.
• What is the maximum payload for this spacecraft?

類義語： load, carrying weight

よく使う表現： maximum payload, payload capacity, heavy payload

ペイロード、弾頭

ロケットや兵器が積む有用な機器や爆薬。エンジンや制御装置は含まない。

やさしい英語で： The useful equipment or explosive carried by a rocket or weapon, separate from its engines and controls.

• The rocket carried a satellite payload.
• The missile’s payload exploded above the target.
• Engineers checked the scientific payload before launch.

よく使う表現： rocket payload, explosive payload, satellite payload

ペイロード

有害なソフトのうち、コンピューターに届いた後で目的の動作を行う部分。

やさしい英語で： The part of harmful software that performs its intended action after it reaches a computer.

• The virus payload deletes files.
• Researchers examined the malware’s hidden payload.
• The attack delivered a payload that stole saved passwords.

よく使う表現： malicious payload, virus payload, execute a payload

有償荷重

乗り物で運ぶ貨物や乗客のうち、その所有者に収入をもたらすもの。

やさしい英語で： The goods or passengers carried by a vehicle that earn money for its owner.

• The truck carried a full payload.
• More paying passengers increased the flight’s payload.
• The operator wants to carry a larger commercial payload.

類義語： revenue load

よく使う表現： commercial payload, paying payload, carry a payload