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Portable executable

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portabilitynounThe quality of being portable.
portnounA place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
executableCapable of being executed.
processnounA series of events leading to a result or product.
distributableCapable of being distributed
load modulenoun(programming) The executable form of a program that is produced by a linkage editor, taking as input the output of a compiler and/or assembler
portablenoun(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
porternounA person who carries luggage and related objects.
short filenamenoun(computing, chiefly MS/PC-DOS and Microsoft Windows) An 8.3 filename.
dynamic-link librarynoun(programming, Microsoft) A software library containing some combination of code, data, and resources, capable of being loaded at run time and shared by multiple applications.
binary distributionnoun(statistics, probability theory) Bernoulli distribution.
formatnounThe layout of a publication or document.
dos extendernoun(computing) An application which allows software to run in protected mode, even though the host operating system runs only in real mode.
lolbinnoun(computer security) An executable that is deployed as part of a system but may be co-opted by an attacker to perform harmful actions.
miniportnoun(computing) A port that uses a lightweight driver that relies on built-in support from the operating system.
device filenoun(computing) An interface to a device driver that appears in a file system, allowing an application program to interact with a device by using its device driver via standard input/output system calls.
object codenoun(computing) The output of a compiler or assembler; it is not necessarily executable directly without linking to other modules
payloadnounThe total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
portable computernoun(computing) A microcomputer powered by batteries with an integral display screen and integral input device (such as a keyboard) that can be used on the move.
offline installernoun(computing) A single-executable installer for a program that already contains the full program. It does not need to connect to the Internet.

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