Executables

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Name 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.

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Directly executable

Shared libraries, chained files, etc.

(can't be run by themselves, but are used at runtime by other executables)

Meta-info files used in execution of programs/packages

Virtual machine code

Macros or automated scripting

See also

See also Source code for code in a higher-level programming language that needs to be compiled, assembled, or interpreted, and Development for other files used in the development process, including object and library files that get linked into a finished executable. See Archiving for some forms of self-extracting archives and installer packages.

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