Executables
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Container formats for machine executable code. These often define different sections to be loaded into memory. Some formats may be compatible with different CPU architectures. | Container formats for machine executable code. These often define different sections to be loaded into memory. Some formats may be compatible with different CPU architectures. | ||
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* [[a.out]] | * [[a.out]] | ||
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* [[Intel HEX]] | * [[Intel HEX]] | ||
* [[iOS app]] (.app) | * [[iOS app]] (.app) | ||
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| + | == Shared libraries, chained files, etc. == | ||
| + | (can't be run by themselves, but are used at runtime by other executables) | ||
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| + | * [[Turbo Pascal chain file]] (.chn) | ||
| + | * [[Dynamic-link library]] (.dll) | ||
See also [[Source code]] for code in a higher-level [[Programming Languages|programming language]] that needs to be compiled, assembled, or interpreted. | See also [[Source code]] for code in a higher-level [[Programming Languages|programming language]] that needs to be compiled, assembled, or interpreted. | ||
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Revision as of 13:20, 2 January 2013
Container formats for machine executable code. These often define different sections to be loaded into memory. Some formats may be compatible with different CPU architectures.
Directly executable
- a.out
- COFF — The Common Object File Format, an executable format originally designed for use in UNIX System V
- Commodore 64 binary executable (.prg)
- DOS executable (.com) — 16 bit DOS executable
- EXE — The original DOS executable format, with variants like NE (New Executable), PE (Portable Executable, actually a COFF variant), LX (Linear Executable) and others, as used in Microsoft MS-DOS and MS Windows (and some other operating systems like SkyOS)
- ELF
- Intel HEX
- iOS app (.app)
(can't be run by themselves, but are used at runtime by other executables)
- Turbo Pascal chain file (.chn)
- Dynamic-link library (.dll)
See also Source code for code in a higher-level programming language that needs to be compiled, assembled, or interpreted.
