executable

Capable of being executed.

Adjective

  1. Capable of being executed.

Origin

Etymology tree English execute Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English executable From execute + -able.

Derived

inexecutable nonexecutable unexecutable

Noun

  1. 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.

Forms

executables

Related

binary

Derived

executable code position-independent executable portable executable