Definition & Meaning | English word EXECUTABLE

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Definitions of EXECUTABLE

1. Capable of being executed.
2. (computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.

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Examples of Using EXECUTABLE in a Sentence

• Assembly code is converted into executable machine code by a utility program referred to as an assembler.
• In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps.
• Functionally identical to BASICA, its BASIC interpreter is a fully self-contained executable and does not need the Cassette BASIC ROM found in the original.
• Apache Jelly, a Java- and XML-based scripting and processing engine for turning XML into executable code.
• In computing, a linker or link editor is a computer system program that takes one or more object files (generated by a compiler or an assembler) and combines them into a single executable file, library file, or another "object" file.
• PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter implemented as a module, a daemon or a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) executable.
• Douglas Crockford, known for his involvement in the development of JavaScript, has described Rebol as "a more modern language, but with some very similar ideas to Lisp, in that it's all built upon a representation of data which is then executable as programs" and as one of JSON's influences.
• PATH (variable), in computing, a way to specify a list of directories containing executable programs.
• This version is incapable of producing compiled executable files; however, compiling files is not necessary, as a script file can be executed directly by opening it from Windows Explorer on any system that has PVDS installed on it.
• In theory, this eliminates the need to distribute different executable files for different platforms and CPU types.
• It began with one of the following lines of text and had an attachment consisting of the worm's executable with some file from the infected computer appended:.
• When running a program that is configured to use a shared library, the operating system loads the shared library from a file (other than the program's executable file) into memory at load time or runtime.
• The Portable Executable (PE) format is a file format for executables, object code, DLLs and others used in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems, and in UEFI environments.
• This C code was to be compiled with the native C compiler, and the resulting executable could then be used to compile the Cfront C++ sources.
• A programming language does not need to be imperative or Turing-complete, but must be executable and so does not include markup languages such as HTML or XML, but does include domain-specific languages such as SQL and its dialects.
• All versions of FASM can directly output any of the following: flat "raw" binary (usable also as MS-DOS COM executable or SYS driver), objects: Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) or Common Object File Format (COFF) (classic or MS-specific), or executables in either MZ, ELF, or Portable Executable (PE) format (including WDM drivers, allows custom MZ DOS stub).
• Rogue was originally developed around 1980 for Unix-based minicomputer systems as a freely distributed executable.
• Quick startup - Gauche includes common features in its executable, while less common functions are in libraries which are loaded on demand.
• The most typical competition categories for intros are the 64k intro and the 4K intro, where the size of the executable file is restricted to 65536 and 4096 bytes, respectively.
• On an IBM PC compatible machine, the BIOS selects a boot device, then copies the first sector from the device (which may be a MBR, VBR or any executable code), into physical memory at memory address 0x7C00.
• Object files -- executable or not -- are typically stored in a container format, such as Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) or Portable Executable (PE) which is operating system-specific.
• For example, some parts of the executable may be reachable only through indirect branches, whose value is known only at run-time.
• Run-time linking, in computing, when a dynamic linker links a software executable to software libraries at the time the executable is run.
• A particular feature is the comprehensive error checking which is built into the final executable and the extremely helpful error messages produced by both compilers and executables.
• Available for download after registration, it was in fact the Commodore 64 version bundled with the CCS64 emulator in a single executable.

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