In computer science, executable code, an executable file, or an executable program, sometimes simply referred to as an executable or binary, causes a computer...
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The Portable Executable (PE) format is a file format for executables, object code, dynamic-link-libraries (DLLs), and binary files used on 32-bit and...
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notation with executable semantics and timing rules." The Executable UML method is the successor to the Shlaer–Mellor method. Executable UML models "can...
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In computer security, executable-space protection marks memory regions as non-executable, such that an attempt to execute machine code in these regions...
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.exe (redirect from Linear executable)
being executable – a computer program – containing an entry point. In addition to being executable (adjective) such a file is often called an executable (noun)...
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executable. When this compressed executable is executed, the decompression code recreates the original code from the compressed code before executing...
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computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object...
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University Pawlowski, Tom, "Executable Architecture", MITRE, 2004 [1] Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Garcia, Johnny, "Executable architecture analysis...
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The New Executable (NE or NewEXE) is a 16-bit executable file format, a successor to the DOS MZ executable format. It was used in Windows 1.0–3.x, Windows...
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The DOS MZ executable format is the executable file format used for .EXE files in DOS. The file can be identified by the ASCII string "MZ" (hexadecimal:...
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subjective interpretations. Examples are "An Executable Calculus for Service Choreography" or "An executable choreography framework for dynamic service-oriented...
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NX bit (redirect from No execute)
non-executable, preventing the processor from running any code stored there. This technique, known as executable space protection or Write XOR Execute, protects...
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Shellcode (redirect from Executable ASCII)
instructs the machine to download a certain executable file off the network, save it to disk and execute it. Nowadays, it is commonly used in drive-by...
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The Preferred Executable Format is a file format that specifies the format of executable files and other object code. PEF executables are also called...
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set of attributes, such as being writable or read-only, executable (for code) or non-executable (for data), and so on. The code in a DLL is usually shared...
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The Linear Executable (LE) format is a file format for executables, object code, and DLLs designed for 32-bit protected mode operating systems. Originally...
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Execution (computing) (section Executable)
compile time (and statically linked at link time) to produce an executable. This executable is then invoked, most often by an operating system, which loads...
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directory from left to right, looking for an executable filename that matches the command name given. Executable programs have filename extensions of EXE...
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Malware (redirect from Malicious executable)
inserts extra data or executable code into PE files. A computer virus is software that embeds itself in some other executable software (including the...
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base address. This pass may also be omitted if the executable is a position independent executable. Additionally, in some operating systems, the same...
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Binary-code compatibility (redirect from Executable code compatibility)
is a property of a computer system, meaning that it can run the same executable code, typically machine code for a general-purpose computer central processing...
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Test suite (redirect from Executable test suite)
test, and executable test suites, which are derived from abstract test suites by providing the concrete, lower-level details needed to execute this suite...
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Look up execute in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Execution, in capital punishment, is the act of carrying out a death sentence. Execute may also refer...
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Loader (computing) (redirect from Executable loader)
the executable file containing the program instructions into memory, and then carrying out other required preparatory tasks to prepare the executable for...
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a directly executable file that gets the encountered scripts as parameters in reverse order. For example, if file /bin/A is an executable file in ELF...
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COM file (redirect from DOS COM executable)
A COM file is a type of simple executable file. On the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX operating systems of the 1970s, .COM was used as a filename...
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Executer is a Brazilian thrash metal band. They formed in the mid-1980s in the city of Amparo, close to the metropolis of São Paulo. The founding line...
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Setuid (section When set on an executable file)
directory or binary executable or non-binary executable file. The setuid and setgid flags have an effect only on binary executable files and not on scripts...
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Object file (redirect from Executable format)
also have different file formats for executable files and object files, such as Portable Executable for executables and COFF for object files in 32-bit...
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file is called an executable. Alternatively, source code may execute within an interpreter written for the language. If the executable is requested for...
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