executableadjective
uk/ˈek.sɪ.kjuː.tə.bl̩//-t̬ə-/specializedAn executable file or program can be understood by the operating system of a computer and makes the computer perform a particular task.
Examples from literature
- The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler.
- This is as opposed to object code, the derived binary executable form of a program.