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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are linked to create the executable. Object files—executable or not—are typically stored in a container format, such as Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)...
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Portable Executable (PE) format is a file format for executables, object code, dynamic-link-libraries (DLLs), and binary files used on 32-bit and 64-bit...
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DWARF (redirect from Debug With Arbitrary Record Format)
debugging data format. DWARF was originally designed along with Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), although it is independent of object file formats. The name...
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.exe (redirect from Linear executable)
addition to being executable (adjective) such a file is often called an executable (noun) which is sometimes abbreviated as EXE. The file format of an EXE file...
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FASM (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
executable or SYS driver), objects: Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) or Common Object File Format (COFF) (classic or MS-specific), or executables...
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weak symbol denotes a specially annotated symbol during linking of Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) object files. By default, without any annotation...
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Rpath (redirect from Rpath (linking))
into the header of an executable (or another shared library). This RPATH header value (so named in the Executable and Linkable Format header standards) may...
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Vmlinux (section Notes and references)
statically linked executable file that contains the Linux kernel in one of the object file formats supported by Linux, which includes Executable and Linkable Format...
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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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Netwide Assembler (redirect from Relocatable Dynamic Object File Format)
NASM can output several binary formats, including COFF, OMF, a.out, Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), Mach-O and binary file (.bin, binary disk image...
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is a comparison of binary executable file formats which, once loaded by a suitable executable loader, can be directly executed by the CPU rather than being...
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COFF (redirect from Common Object File Format)
The Common Object File Format (COFF) is a format for executable, object code, and shared library computer files used on Unix systems. It was introduced...
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vDSO uses standard mechanisms for linking and loading i.e. standard Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) format. vDSO is a memory area allocated in...
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Object file (redirect from Executable format)
different formats. DOS and Windows also have different file formats for executable files and object files, such as Portable Executable for executables and COFF...
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developers of MS-DOS. The MZ DOS executable file is newer than the COM executable format and differs from it. The DOS executable header contains relocation...
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sourceforge.net. "Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)". stevens.netmeister.org. Wienand, Ian (May 10, 2011). "PLT and GOT - the key to code sharing and dynamic...
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of a new section in a document Radical (Chinese characters) Executable and Linkable Format § Section Header ISO 10303-21 § HEADER section Value change...
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UPX (section Supported formats)
most prolific executable packers is UPX (the Ultimate Packer for executables). Not only does it handle dozens of different executable formats, but also its...
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Android, and an Android Runtime (ART) in newer versions, that compile the same code that Dalvik runs to Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executables containing...
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Shared library (section Formats)
Solaris and other System V Release 4-based systems, Linux, and the free-software BSD operating systems use the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) for...
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introduced support of COFF format, along with 64-bit Windows target. Common Object File Format (COFF) Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) a.out Object file...
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A.out (redirect from A.out (file format))
format has also been used in many COFF and ELF variations. Comparison of executable file formats Portable Executable Executable and Linkable Format Ritchie...
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List of file signatures (category Computer file formats)
0x1a 0x07 0x00 "RAR 5.0 archive format". Retrieved 2023-10-19. Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification Version 1...
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1802 microprocessor Executable and Linkable Format (.elf), a file format for executable files Extended Log Format, a text format for web server log files...
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Multiboot specification (category Standards and measurement stubs)
different executable file formats (see Comparison of executable file formats). If the OS kernel is an ELF file (Executable and Linkable Format), which it...
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Embeddable Common Lisp (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
It creates OS-native executables and libraries (i.e. Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files on unix) from Common Lisp code, and runs on most platforms...
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ELF – Executable and Linkable Format FreeOTFE – container for encrypted data GPX – GPs eXchange format – for describing waypoints, tracks and routes...
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Red Hat Linux (category Products and services discontinued in 2004)
first Linux distributions to support ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binaries instead of the older a.out format. Red Hat Linux introduced a graphical...
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Relocation (computing) (redirect from Relocation and Linkage)
and thus relocation sections cannot be omitted by the compiler. The Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executable format and shared library format used...
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