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exec

exec

2 6.5
A file that you can run to start a program
  • noun
  • /ˈɛksɛk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ejecutable
  • exec producer

Examples

  • My backup software is Backup Exec 2012.

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  • If you ask her to go and hold a business conference or to speak to her, to her execs, she could do that all day long.

  • Keep this in mind when a Telco or Cableco exec says: "we would never do THAT."

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  • To most people, including IT execs, public cloud services are a hosted, off-premise platform that out-tasks management, application development, and security to a provider.

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  • The problem is that, unlike Marvel/Disney, WB execs have no respect for their properties beyond Batman and Superman.

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  • The software engineer sent the project files to the server and ran the exec to launch the application.

  • After downloading the program, you can open it by double-clicking the exec file.

  • To install the new software, simply run the exec that you received via email.

Synonyms

exe
vsexec
  • Specialized
36 7.4

A computer file with .exe that starts a program on Windows

is the general runnable file type not limited to one operating system
binary
vsexec
  • Specialized
5 8.0

A file you can run as a program on a computer

is a runnable file but not necessarily compiled or OS specific
executable
vsexec
  • Specialized
2 4.9

A computer file that you can run to start a program

is the same concept but used as an abbreviation

Surface Forms

exec singular
execs plural

Etymology

Exec is short for executable, which comes from execute meaning 'to carry out' or 'perform'. So an exec file is a file that 'carries out' a program when you run it.