Executables
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| − | * [[COFF]] — | + | * [[COFF]] — The Common Object File Format, an executable format originally designed for use in UNIX System V |
* [[Commodore 64 binary executable]] (.prg) | * [[Commodore 64 binary executable]] (.prg) | ||
* [[DOS executable (.com)]] — 16 bit DOS executable | * [[DOS executable (.com)]] — 16 bit DOS executable | ||
* [[ELF]] | * [[ELF]] | ||
| − | * [[EXE]] — | + | * [[EXE]] — MS-DOS, MS Windows, and others |
| + | ** [[MS-DOS EXE]] | ||
| + | ** [[NE]] (New Executable) | ||
| + | ** [[Linear Executable]] | ||
| + | ** [[PE]] (Portable Executable, actually a [[COFF]] variant) | ||
* [[Intel HEX]] | * [[Intel HEX]] | ||
* [[iOS app]] (.app) (see also [[IPA]] for archived version, and [[Mobile Provision file]] for provision file accompanying apps) | * [[iOS app]] (.app) (see also [[IPA]] for archived version, and [[Mobile Provision file]] for provision file accompanying apps) | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 4 May 2014
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
- 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
- ELF
- EXE — MS-DOS, MS Windows, and others
- MS-DOS EXE
- NE (New Executable)
- Linear Executable
- PE (Portable Executable, actually a COFF variant)
- Intel HEX
- iOS app (.app) (see also IPA for archived version, and Mobile Provision file for provision file accompanying apps)
- Mach-O
- Psion IMG (and APP)
- Psion OPO (and OPA)
(can't be run by themselves, but are used at runtime by other executables)
- Assembly manifest (Windows) (.manifest)
- Dynamic library (OS X or iOS) (.dylib)
- Dynamic-link library (Windows) (.dll)
- Turbo Pascal chain file (.chn)
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.
Virtual machine code
- Bytecode (or p-code) — programs "compiled" into machine-independent code that loads or runs more quickly than raw interpreted source code; runs in an interpreter
- Universal Machine (ICFP programming contest 2006)
