softcode
softcode verb: to construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.
Verb
softcode (third-person singular simple present softcodes, present participle softcoding, simple past and past participle softcoded)
- To construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.
- Keep things soft (as in softcoding) wherever possible. Visit a lawyer and make 'parameterisation' your middle name; it'll sound good at parties, and changes to the system will be far less painful.1992, John W. O. Brinkworth, Software quality management: a pro-active approach, →ISBN
- Best of breed component approaches are better supported because of the softcoding of much of the factory model and integration logic.1997, Barbara L. Maia Goldstein, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Plug and play software for agile manufacturing, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Examples of softcode in a sentence
- I have used this technique to build very flexible code generators, softcoded calculation engines for users, and much more.1999, Steven Feuerstein, Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 76:
- Let's discuss two approaches to this: the traditional “hardcoded” technique and the “softcoded” rules-based approach.2004, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Building Portals with the Java Portlet API, Apress, →ISBN, page 289:
- Given the rationale for softcoding, it is clear that you should softcode attributes that may not be known until run time.2010, Michael Blaha, Patterns of Data Modeling, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 175:
Antonyms of softcode
Forms of softcode
| third-person singular present | softcodes |
|---|---|
| present participle | softcoding |
| past participle | softcoded |
| past | softcoded |
Origin of softcode
From soft + code, modelled on earlier hard code.
Questions about softcode
- What does softcode mean?
- Softcode means to construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.
- How do you use softcode in a sentence?
- I have used this technique to build very flexible code generators, softcoded calculation engines for users, and much more.
- What part of speech is softcode?
- Softcode is a verb.
- What is the past tense of softcode?
- The past tense of softcode is softcoded.
Words near softcode in the dictionary
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