Clipping of ソフトウェア (sofutowea, “software”). / Clipping of ソフトボール (sofutobōru, “softball”).

costing no money / unbound by promises or contracts / independent of any system / without something

freedom in the above senses

a target, a mark, a bullseye / an objective, an object (of doing something)

as far as ... is concerned; in terms of ...

a guinea pig

a marmot

(Internet slang) moar

superlative; utmost; highest; greatest

optimization