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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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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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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.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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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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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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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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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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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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file formats for DLLs are the same as for Windows EXE files – that is, Portable Executable (PE) for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, and New Executable (NE)...
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Shared library (section Dynamic linking)
a unified format for their shared libraries and executable files. For example: Microsoft Windows uses the Portable Executable (PE) format for .dll files...
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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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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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its executable is built at the "linking" phase; if two programs call the same routine, the routine is included in both the programs during the linking stage...
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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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Library (computing) (redirect from Library linking)
linking at build time, such that the library executable code is included in the program. Dynamic linking is linking at run time; it involves building the program...
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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 executable is a position independent executable. Additionally, in some operating systems, the same program handles both the jobs of linking and loading...
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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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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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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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be loaded without linking to stubs. Most modern operating systems use the same format for both a dynamic library and an executable which affords two main...
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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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Static library (redirect from Static linking)
executable or loaded at run-time into the address space of their corresponding executable at a static memory offset determined at compile-time/link-time...
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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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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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Linux kernel (category Free and open-source software)
the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020. "Executable And Linking Format (ELF)". Refspecs.linuxbase.org. Retrieved 3 February 2020. "elf(5)...
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and BSD) EXE – DOS executable (.exe: used in DOS) EXE – New Executable (used in multitasking ("European") MS-DOS 4.0, 16-bit Microsoft Windows, and OS/2)...
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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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