BEAM
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
BEAM format is an executable format associated with the BEAM virtual machine, which is designed for programs written in Erlang. BEAM stands for Bogdan's Erlang Abstract Machine.
Identification
BEAM (R5 and later) is based on a variant of IFF. Files begin with 'F' 'O' 'R' '1' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'B' 'E' 'A' 'M'.
There is also an older format, which begins with 0x7f 'B' 'E' 'A' 'M' '!'.
