An executable is a file that can be executed, or run, on your computer Programs such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Word are executables Shareware programs are also executables
An executable process is one that is able to be executed, i e is either running or runnable See also runnable, running
Code, usually in the form of a disk file, that can be run by the operating system in use to perform a particular set of functions Executable files in Windows carry the extension EXE and may obtain assistance from dynamic link libraries (DLLs) in performing their tasks
a program that exists in the form of machine level instructions and is started through the DOS program loader Batch files are scripts, not executables
An application that uses a projects product and can be launched in order to debug that product For AppleScript Studio, the executable is the product
the file that is initialted to start Allegro CL or an Allegro CL application On Windows, this file has type exe On UNIX, it has no type Whatever the executable is named, when started, it looks for a file with the same name in the same directory with type dxl (thus mlisp or mlisp exe will look for mlisp dxl) There are two different executables supplied: one using 8-bit characters (for example mlisp8 or mlisp8 exe) and one using 16-bit characters (for example mlisp or mlisp exe) Copies of these files are also provided, associated with additional dxl files (including alisp or alisp exe) See Allegro CL Executables in startup htm
An executable file is any file that will carry out specific tasks when ëopenedà and will commonly have the ëexeà extension in DOS based systems So, for example, when you open up Windows you have activated the windows exe file