executable
executable Lexical Profile
executable Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
(Of a computer file or program) containing encoded instructions that a computer or operating system can directly run to perform specified tasks.
"For security reasons, our company email server automatically blocks attachments that contain executable code."
Capable of being carried out, accomplished, or put into effect, such as a plan, policy, or legal contract.
"The committee worked for weeks to turn the broad proposal into an executable strategy."
• noun
A computer file containing a compiled program or script capable of being run directly by a computer's operating system.
"Once the source code compiled without any errors, the developer tested the new executable on a virtual machine."
• Rhymes for executable
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Late Middle English from the verb execute (from Old French executer and Medieval Latin executare, meaning to follow up or carry out) combined with the suffix -able. Its noun sense in computing emerged in the late 20th century as an ellipsis for 'executable file'.
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