What Does “Overloaded”/“Overload”/“Overloading” Mean?

Question

What does \"Overloaded\"/\"Overload\" mean in regards to programming?

Answer 1

Others have answered what an overload is. When you are starting out it gets confused with override/overriding.

As opposed to overloading, overriding is defining a method with the same signature in the subclass (or child class), which overrides the parent classes implementation. Some language require explicit directive, such as virtual member function in C++ or override in Delphi and C#.

using System;

public class DrawingObject
{
    public virtual void Draw()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("I'm just a generic drawing object.");
    }
}

public class Line : DrawingObject
{
    public override void Draw()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("I'm a Line.");
    }
}