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softcoded

softcoded is the simple past and past participle of softcode.

Meaning of softcode

Verb

softcode (third-person singular simple present softcodes, present participle softcoding, simple past and past participle softcoded)

  1. 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

Questions about softcoded

What is softcoded the simple past and past participle of?
Softcoded is the simple past and past participle of softcode.

Words near softcoded in the dictionary

  1. softcoat
  2. softcoats
  3. softcock
  4. softcocks
  5. softcode
  6. softcoded
  7. softcodes
  8. softcoding
  9. softcopies
  10. softcopy
  11. softcore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: softcoded (page history and authors); softcode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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