executable. When this compressed executable is executed, the decompression code recreates the original code from the compressed code before executing...
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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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calling convention for applications. a.out Comparison of executable file formats Executable compression ar (Unix) since all COFF libraries use that same format...
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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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UPX (category Free data compression software)
and open source executable packer supporting a number of file formats from different operating systems. UPX uses a data compression algorithm called...
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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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described in pseudo code program compression-virus:= {01234567; subroutine infect-executable:= {loop:file = get-random-executable-file; if first-line-of-file...
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examples are executable programs, text documents, and source code. Some image file formats, like PNG or GIF, use only lossless compression, while others...
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Self-extracting archive (redirect from Self-extracting executable)
archive (SFX or SEA) is a computer executable program which combines compressed data in an archive file with machine-executable code to extract the information...
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List of archive formats (redirect from Compression formats)
installing than binary executables. Archive file Comparison of file archivers Comparison of file systems List of file systems Solid compression zlib File extensions...
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to do a task.[failed verification] There has been research into executable compression as a mechanism for improving code density. The mathematics of Kolmogorov...
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symbol – Type of identifier in computer science Executable compression – Means of compressing an executable file List of POSIX commands strings (Unix) –...
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COM file (redirect from DOS COM executable)
sites. DOS API CMD file (CP/M) Comparison of executable file formats Fat binary Executable compression In most versions of CP/M, the start of the TPA...
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Hutter Prize (redirect from Hutter Prize for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge)
file instead of the compression program. The total size of the compressed file and decompressor (as a Win32 or Linux executable) must be less than or...
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WinRAR (category Windows compression software)
Self-extracting archives created with versions before 5.31 (including the executable installer of WinRAR itself) are vulnerable to DLL hijacking: they may...
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7-Zip (category Free data compression software)
Some Microsoft CAB (LZX compression) and NSIS (LZMA) installer formats can be opened. Similarly, some Microsoft executable programs (.EXEs) that are...
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would normally result in data loss. RAM compression Data compression Disk fragmentation Executable compression Self-extracting archive cramfs e2compr SquashFS...
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7z (section Compression methods)
executable pre-processing technology is included in other software; the RAR compressor features displacement compression for 32-bit x86 executables and...
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an attempt to control proliferation of malware obfuscation via executable compression. The word 'taggant' originates from the trademarked name "Microtaggant...
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UltraSurf client uses anti-debugging techniques and also employs executable compression. The client acts as a local proxy which communicates with the UltraReach...
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memory compression (also referred to as RAM compression and memory compression) is a memory management technique that utilizes data compression to reduce...
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ZIP (file format) (section Compression methods)
created on NTFS volumes with executable permission denied. Versions of Microsoft Windows have included support for .ZIP compression in Explorer since the Microsoft...
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Heaventools Software for viewing and editing resources in executable files of the PE (Portable Executable) format, such as .exe and .dll, which are used in 32-bit...
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data from storage. To reduce the file size, 64K intros often use executable compression and procedural generation, such as sound synthesis, mesh generation...
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Silesia corpus (category Data compression)
collection of files intended for use as a benchmark for testing lossless data compression algorithms. It was created in 2003 as an alternative for the Canterbury...
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Some binary optimizers do executable compression, which reduces the size of binary files using generic data compression techniques, reducing storage...
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Data differencing (redirect from Differential compression)
use an algorithm customized to the archive and executable format of the program's data. Data compression can be seen as a special case of data differencing...
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in an attempt to control proliferation of malware obfuscated via executable compression (runtime packers). The concept of a PKI-based system to mitigate...
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BeIA (section Compression techniques)
CEL magic word within the executable header and the fact that it is derived from ELF format executables through a compression process. The CELF (Compressed...
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for Windows EXE files – that is, Portable Executable (PE) for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, and New Executable (NE) for 16-bit Windows. As with EXEs, DLLs...
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