A very soft software chief makes software? (4)

I believe the answer is:

apps

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'a very soft software chief makes software?' is the definition.
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'a very soft software chief' is the wordplay.
'very soft' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'chief' indicates taking the first letters (the letter which leads the word).
The first letter of 'software' is 's'.
'a'+'pp'+'s'='APPS'

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