English Dictionary: EXE | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n. An executable binary file. Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix executables don't have any required suffix. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ An executable binary file. Some operating systems (notably {MS-DOS}, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix executables don't have any required suffix. [{Jargon File}] |