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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digital container format that supports structure in the machine code – such as Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) or Portable Executable (PE), depending...
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Portable Executable (PE) is a file format for native executable code on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems, as well as in UEFI environments....
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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)
EXE formatted for a newer version. Formats include: DOS The DOS format, DOS MZ executable, is 16-bit. New Executable The New Executable (NE) format was...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Shared library (section Formats)
for .dll files. Linux and BSD, as well as Solaris and other System V Release 4-based systems, use the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) for .so files...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Object file (redirect from Executable format)
for executable files and object files, such as Portable Executable for executables and COFF for object files in 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. Unix and Unix-like...
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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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Kdump (Linux) (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
purposes of debugging and determining the cause of a crash. The dumped image of main memory, exported as an Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) object, can...
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High Level Assembly (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
language into low-level Portable Executable (PE), Common Object File Format (COFF), Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), or Mach-O object code. An HLABE...
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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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Relocation (computing) (redirect from Relocation and Linkage)
cannot be omitted by the compiler. The Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executable format and shared library format used by most Unix-like systems allows...
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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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Cisco ASA (section Reception and criticism)
included. The ASA software is based on Linux. It runs a single Executable and Linkable Format program called lina. This schedules processes internally rather...
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introduction of 64-bit processors, Hewlett Packard adopted the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) format to represent the wider 64-bit program code, while still...
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Android Runtime (category Commons category link from Wikidata)
APK files, while the .odex files are replaced with Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executables. Once an application is compiled by using ART's on-device...
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