# Loader

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**Loader** can refer to:

- [Loader (equipment)](/source/Loader_(equipment))
- [Loader (computing)](/source/Loader_(computing)) - [LOADER.EXE](/source/LOADER.EXE), an auto-start program loader optionally used in the startup process of Microsoft Windows ME
- [Loader (surname)](/source/Loader_(surname))
- [Fast loader](/source/Fast_loader)
- [Speedloader](/source/Speedloader)
- [Boot loader](/source/Boot_loader) - [LOADER.COM](/source/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](/source/LOADER.SYS), part of a LOADER.COM installation (see above)
- [Clapper loader](/source/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](/source/Tank) crew - [Autoloader](/source/Autoloader), an automated replacement for a crewer loader

## See also

- [Loder](/source/Loder)
- [LOADR](/source/LOADR)
- [NEWLDR](/source/NEWLDR)
- [Load (disambiguation)](/source/Load_(disambiguation))

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