payload

carga útil

Peso total de las personas, los equipos y las mercancías que transporta una aeronave o nave espacial.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Sinónimos: load, carrying weight

Expresiones frecuentes: maximum payload, payload capacity, heavy payload

carga útil, carga explosiva

Equipo útil o explosivo que lleva un cohete o arma, aparte de sus motores y sistemas de control.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: rocket payload, explosive payload, satellite payload

carga maliciosa

Parte de un programa malicioso que realiza la acción prevista después de llegar a un ordenador.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: malicious payload, virus payload, execute a payload

carga comercial, carga útil

Mercancías o pasajeros transportados por un vehículo que generan ingresos para su propietario.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: revenue load

Expresiones frecuentes: commercial payload, paying payload, carry a payload