| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | soft start | Vorlauf (In a preset recording interval, a starting point which includes extra buffer time allocated to a planned scheduled recording in case the program starts a little early) |
| el. | soft start | Softstart |
| tech. | soft start | Sanftanlauf |
| el. | soft-start | Sanftanlauf (von Asynchronmotoren) |
| tech. | soft-start circuit | Hochlaufschaltung |