Payload may refer to:

• Cargo, goods or produce being delivered or transported
• Payload (air and space craft), the net carrying capacity of an aircraft or spacecraft (as distinct from throw weight)
• Warhead, a payload composed of explosive materials and a detonator delivered by a missile, rocket, or torpedo
• Payload (software), a computer program delivered by encapsulation, or the part of a data stream representing the user information and user overhead.

Payload may also refer to:

• Payload (Transformers) - a fictional character.
• A game mode for the game Team Fortress 2.

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