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softcoding

softcoding is the present participle and gerund 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 softcoding

What is softcoding the present participle and gerund of?
Softcoding is the present participle and gerund of softcode.

Words near softcoding in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: softcoding (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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