"softload" meaning in English

See softload in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: softloads [present, singular, third-person], softloading [participle, present], softloaded [participle, past], softloaded [past]
Etymology: Short for software load. Head templates: {{en-verb}} softload (third-person singular simple present softloads, present participle softloading, simple past and past participle softloaded)
  1. (computing, transitive) To load from a software source rather than from ROM. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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