(computing) Synonym of warm boot / (television, film, fiction) A reboot of a series etc. in which continuity is retained with the previous material.

plural of soft reboot

(computing) The recording of layout data onto a magnetic or optical recording medium in order to designate the sector locations, as opposed to using physical marks or holes.

(computing) Of a storage medium: divided up by soft sectoring.

(military) The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soft-sawder

To flatter or cajole.

simple past tense and past participle of soft-sawder

present participle of soft-sawder

(Internet) A paywall that allows limited free access, such as by allowing each user to read a certain number of articles per month without paying.