executable
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4.9
- noun
- /ˌɛksɪˈkjʊtəbl/
- Specialized
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archivo ejecutable
- You can run the software by double-clicking the executable file in the folder.
The Rocket League executable is missing because we didn't back up our Steam games.
- The Rocket League executable is missing because we didn't back up our Steam games.
- If you open, like if you open up an executable with notepad roughly staying high level here, you're gonna see a bunch of garbage text, right?
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Safari also asked me to download an executable.
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The Rocket League executable is missing because we didn't back up our Steam games.
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Now take that thing, your executable, feed the original thing to itself and look what happens.
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But when we run our executable, this will work as usual.
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Requires the download and execution of a binary executable.
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The dropper executable is located on the same server.
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Finally, select Change Icon, navigate to the Outlook executable, and choose the first icon.
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An executable file under Windows is known as a portable executable. Portable Executable (PE) is the file format for an executable under Windows operating systems.
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The principle is simple: separate individual functions into self-contained executables and modularize on multiple levels of hierarchy.
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Application shortcuts and file associations would point to a single executable (the virtual application launcher utility) with this XML file as input.
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Synonyms
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2.3
A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do
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8.0
A file you can run as a program on a computer
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6.5
A file that you can run to start a program
A file a computer can run directly, like an app
How Executable
- Specialized
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4.9
- Specialized
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1.6
- Specialized
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1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
executable = executable (transparent) = execute + able
The noun is a straightforward conversion from the adjective 'executable', whose meaning is directly compositional from 'execute' + '-able'.
Etymology
Executable for a computer file comes from the same idea and from the verb execute 'to carry out'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of an executable as a file the computer can 'run' or 'carry out' to do a task.