EXECUTABLE

Executable

In computing, an executable file causes a computer "to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions," as opposed to a data file that must be parsed by a program to be meaningful. These instructions are traditionally machine code instructions for a physical CPU. However, in a more general sense, a file containing instructions for a software interpreter may also be considered executable; even a scripting language source file may therefore be considered executable in this sense. The exact interpretation depends upon the use; while the term often refers only to machine code files, in the context of protection against computer ...

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executable

Noun

  1. A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.
    The program as written by the programmer is generally processed into an executable that can be run.

Adjective

  1. Capable of being executed.


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