<hardware, storage> (Or "autoloader") A magnetic tape drive
that can automatically fetch tapes from a stack and load them.
Compare jukebox.
[Sequential or random access?]
(1996-12-12)
A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad car).
In computer systems a loader is the part of an operating system that is responsible for loading programs and libraries. It is one of the essential stages in the process of starting a program, as it places programs into memory and prepares them for execution.
LOADER.EXE, an auto-start program loader optionally used in the startup process of Microsoft Windows ME
Loader (surname)
Fast loader
Speedloader
Boot loader
LOADER.COM (aka "NEWLDR"), a multi-boot loader shipping with various Digital Research, Novell, IMS, Caldera, etc. DOS-based operating systems like Multiuser DOS and DR-DOS
LOADER.SYS, part of a LOADER.COM installation (see above)
Clapper loader (on a film crew, also simply known as "loader")
A loader, a member of a crew responsible for handling and loading ammunition, such as on a howitzer or tank crew
Autoloader, an automated replacement for a crewer loader