softcode

To construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.

Verb

  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....
    • 1997, Barbara L. Maia Goldstein, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Plug and play software for agile manufacturing, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering Best of breed component approaches...
    • 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...

Origin

From soft + code, modelled on earlier hard code.

Forms

softcodes softcoding softcoded

Antonyms

hardcode