executable

See also: exécutable

English

Etymology

From execute +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksəkjutəbl/, /ˌɛksɪˈkjuːtəbl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

executable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being executed.

Derived terms

• inexecutable
• nonexecutable
• unexecutable

Translations

capable of being executed

Catalan: executable m or f Dutch: uitvoerbaar (nl) Finnish: toteuttamiskelpoinen (fi), toimeenpanokelpoinen, käyttökelpoinen (fi) French: exécutable (fr) German: ausführbar (de) Hungarian: végrehajtható (hu), futtatható (hu) Polish: wykonywalny m Portuguese: executável (pt), exequível (pt) Romanian: executabil (ro) Russian: исполни́мый (ru) (ispolnímyj), исполня́емый (ru) (ispolnjájemyj) Spanish: ejecutable (es) Swedish: körbar (sv), exekverbar (sv)

Noun

executable (plural executables)

1. (computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.

   The program as written by the programmer is generally processed into an executable that can be run.

Derived terms

• executable code
• portable executable

Translations

file that can be run

Chinese: Mandarin: 執行檔 / 执行档 (zhíxíngdàng) Dutch: uitvoerbaar bestand n Esperanto: plenumebla dosiero Finnish: suoritettava tiedosto, ajotiedosto, exe-tiedosto French: fichier exécutable (fr) m German: ausführbare Datei f Hebrew: קובץ הרצה m Japanese: 実行ファイル (ja) (jikkō fairu) Polish: plik wykonywalny m Portuguese: executável (pt) m Russian: исполни́мый файл (ru) m (ispolnímyj fajl), исполня́емый файл m (ispolnjájemyj fajl), исполни́мый мо́дуль m (ispolnímyj módulʹ), исполня́емый мо́дуль m (ispolnjájemyj módulʹ)

See also

• binary