Comparison of executable file formats
This 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 interpreted by software. In addition to the binary application code, the executables may contain headers and tables with relocation and fixup information as well as various kinds of meta data. Among those formats listed, the ones in most common use are PE (on Microsoft Windows), ELF (on Linux and most other versions of Unix), Mach-O (on macOS and iOS) and MZ (on DOS).
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- enThis 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 interpreted by software. In addition to the binary application code, the executables may contain headers and tables with relocation and fixup information as well as various kinds of meta data. Among those formats listed, the ones in most common use are PE (on Microsoft Windows), ELF (on Linux and most other versions of Unix), Mach-O (on macOS and iOS) and MZ (on DOS).
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- enDecember 2021
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- enThis 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 interpreted by software. In addition to the binary application code, the executables may contain headers and tables with relocation and fixup information as well as various kinds of meta data. Among those formats listed, the ones in most common use are PE (on Microsoft Windows), ELF (on Linux and most other versions of Unix), Mach-O (on macOS and iOS) and MZ (on DOS).
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- Comparison of executable file formats
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- enComparison of executable file formats
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- 360 and successors
- 360 Object File Format
- 4680 OS
- 4690 OS
- 64-bit
- 9
- A.out
- Amiga Hunk
- AmigaOS
- Basic Disk Operating System
- BeOS
- Breadbox Ensemble
- Category:Computing comparisons
- Category:Executable file formats
- Classic Mac OS
- Code signing
- COFF
- COM file
- Concurrent DOS
- Concurrent DOS 286
- Concurrent DOS 386
- Concurrent DOS 68K
- Datapac System Manager
- DL executable
- DOS
- DOS extender
- DOS MZ executable
- DOS Plus
- ECOFF
- Executable
- Executable and Linkable Format
- Execute In Place
- Fat binary
- File format
- Filename extension
- FlexOS
- FlexOS 186
- FlexOS 286
- FlexOS 386
- FlexOS 68K
- GEOS
- Geoworks Ensemble
- GOFF
- Graphics Environment Manager
- Haiku (operating system)
- HP LX series
- HP-UX
- HX DOS Extender
- IBM AIX
- Icon (computing)
- Intel 80186
- Intel 80188
- Intel 80286
- Intel 80386
- Intel 8080
- Intel x86
- IOS
- IRIX
- ix
- LE executable
- Linux
- Loader (computing)
- LX executable
- M
- M
- M
- M
- M)
- M)
- M-68K
- M-86
- M-86
- M-86
- M-86
- Mach-O
- MacOS
- Memory segmentation
- Metadata
- Microsoft Windows
- MINIMAX
- Motorola 68000
- MP executable
- MS-DOS
- MS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking)
- MT
- Multiuser DOS
- MVS
- NewDeal Office
- New Executable
- NeXTSTEP
- OpenVMS
- OS
- P2 executable
- P3 executable
- PalmDOS
- Personal Information Manager
- Phar Lap (company)
- Portable Executable
- Preferred Executable Format
- ReactOS
- S5-DOS
- SerenityOS
- ST
- String (computer science)
- Symbol table
- System Manager (HP LX)
- System Object Model (file format)
- Tru64 UNIX
- TvOS
- Ultrix
- Unix
- Unix-like
- VERSION.EXE
- ViewMAX
- WatchOS
- Windows
- Windows W3 executable
- Windows W4 executable
- XCOFF
- Zilog Z80
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- enThere is no description about Fat binaries.
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- Q5155882
- Сравнение форматов исполняемых файлов
- 実行可能ファイルフォーマットの比較
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- Category:Computing comparisons
- Category:Executable file formats
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- Comparison of executable file formats?oldid=1115420738&ns=0
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