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A file containing instructions to a computer, and in most cases data that is used by those instructions.
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A file containing the binary representation of machine instructions of a specific processor, and usually some amount of data. In Windows and DOS, executables are recognised by their file extension '''.EXE'''.

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A file containing the binary representation of machine instructions of a specific processor, and usually some amount of data. In Windows and DOS, executables are recognised by their file extension .EXE.