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To ''overload'' a method in [[programming]] is to have two or more methods with the same name, but are distingished by the number of variables they require.

For example, ''doTask()'' and ''doTask(object O)'' are '''overloaded''' methods. To call the latter, an [[object]] must be passed as a [[parameter]], whereas the former does not require a [[parameter]], and is called with an empty parameter field.

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