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
Examples of workload in a Sentence
Students complained about the heavy workload.
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The government is also looking at ways to curb teachers’ workload by five hours a week in the next three years.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
Three other benchmarks focus on the CPU, using all available cores and threads to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads.
—Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Analysis of the reports showed that the office’s overall workload decreased 65% between 2022 and 2023, from about 3,000 cases to about 1,000.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
GPUs are better fit for AI workloads but can draw a lot of power, which shortens battery life.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2024
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
Three other benchmarks focus on the CPU, using all available cores and threads to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads.
—Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Analysis of the reports showed that the office’s overall workload decreased 65% between 2022 and 2023, from about 3,000 cases to about 1,000.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
GPUs are better fit for AI workloads but can draw a lot of power, which shortens battery life.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2024
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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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