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This is a comparison of binary executable file formats which, once loaded by a suitable executable loader, can be directly executed by the CPU rather
Comparison of executable file formats
Comparison_of_executable_file_formats
Data that causes a computer to follow indicated instructions
that does not imply a flow of control. Terms such as executable code, executable file, executable program, and executable image describe forms in which
Executable
Filename extension for a native executable program
collection of LE files, only used in VMM32.VXD), DL, MP, P2, P3 (last three used by Phar Lap extenders). Comparison of executable file formats Executable compression –
.exe
Executable file format
Portable Executable (PE) is a file format for native executable code on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems, as well as in UEFI environments. It
Portable_Executable
Standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps
computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object code
Executable and Linkable Format
Executable_and_Linkable_Format
Structure of information stored on a computer
input file is valid and blindly follows the loop.[citation needed] Audio file format Chemical file format Comparison of executable file formats Digital
File_format
Type of simple executable file
DOS API CMD file (CP/M) Comparison of executable file formats Fat binary Executable compression In most versions of CP/M, the start of the TPA was at
COM_file
Family of archive file formats
capacity of the computer they are decompressed on. Comparison of file archivers Comparison of archive formats List of archive formats Registration of a new
ZIP_(file_format)
This article compares several notable file archiver utilities. Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are for full release versions (not prerelease) and for
Comparison_of_file_archivers
This is a list of computer file formats, categorized by domain. Some formats are listed under multiple categories. Most of the file endings are traditionally
List_of_file_formats
This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files. Archive formats are used for backups, mobility, and archiving
List_of_archive_formats
The Preferred Executable Format is a file format that specifies the format of executable files and other object code. PEF executables are also called
Preferred_Executable_Format
Executable file format
19 January 2038 cannot be stored in this format (the Year 2038 problem). Comparison of executable file formats "LIB Reference (Embedded Visual C++ Programmers
COFF
Archive file format
unrelated Resource Adapter aRchive file format. .cbr List of archive formats Comparison of archive formats Comparison of file archivers Data corruption, Bit
RAR_(file_format)
Old Unix executable file format
format has also been used in many COFF and ELF variations. Comparison of executable file formats Portable Executable Executable and Linkable Format Ritchie
A.out
File format
to mean the original file format. Comparison of executable file formats "XCOFF Object File Format". Retrieved 2026-07-25. IBM's description of XCOFF
XCOFF
Linker for ELF files
open-source software portal Comparison of executable file formats, also for PE/COFF (Windows), and Mach-O (Mac OS X) formats. "gold README: Rewrite, with
Gold_(linker)
File format used to present documents
Traditionally, to go from PostScript to PDF, a source PostScript file (that is, an executable program) is used as the basis for generating PostScript-like
Open standard for computer boot loaders
different executable file formats (see Comparison of executable file formats). If the OS kernel is an ELF file (Executable and Linkable Format), which it
Multiboot_specification
Open-source file archiver
large number of different formats and the ability to support even more formats via plug-ins; 7za (7za.exe), which is a standalone executable containing
7-Zip
Package format used by Android
the file extension apk is a package format used by Android and a number of other Android-based operating systems for distribution and installation of mobile
Apk_(file_format)
File format
Yaroze. Comparison of executable file formats Marshall, Chris (2021-05-27), ChrisRx/psxsdk, retrieved 2021-05-31 Object File / Symbol Table Format Specification
ECOFF
Archive file format created for Microsoft Windows
files are also often associated with self-extracting programs like IExpress where the executable program extracts the associated CAB file. CAB files are
Cabinet_(file_format)
File with the content of other files plus associated metadata
archive formats including jar (j for Java) and war (w for web) that store an entire runnable deployment, usually compressed. Comparison of archive formats Digital
Archive_file
Assembler for the Intel x86 architecture
terms of a simplified (2-clause) BSD license. NASM can output several binary formats, including COFF, OMF, a.out, Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)
Netwide_Assembler
File archive computer program
check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. Version 9.4.0 supported 234 file extensions. PeaZip is mainly written
PeaZip
File format developed by Motorola
survey and comparison of encoding schemes MOS Technology file format Tektronix hex format "AR#476 PROMGen - Description of PROM/EEPROM file formats: MCS, EXO
Motorola_S-record
File archiver
in RAR (a format created by Roshal) or ZIP file formats, and unpack numerous archive file formats. To enable the user to test the integrity of archives
WinRAR
Executable file format for AmigaOS
Hunk is the executable file format of tools and programs of the Amiga Operating System based on Motorola 68000 CPU and other processors of the same family
Amiga_Hunk
File format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps
Xcode PE ELF Comparison of executable file formats Mach-O Programming Topics (PDF). Apple. November 28, 2006. "OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference".
Mach-O
Software library used via static linking
and object files at build-time to form a single executable or loaded at run-time into the address space of their corresponding executable at a static
Static_library
Adobe flash file format
SWF (/ˈswɪf/) is a defunct Adobe Flash file format that is used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software
SWF
Technology for controlling access to file system items
permissions. Files in the first edition of Unix (v1) had five bits of permission: write, non-owner; read, non-owner; write, owner; read, owner; executable; and
File-system_permissions
Software for reading, viewing, and processing images
Classic version. Supports audio and video file formats Writing: supports exporting to over 70 image formats Viewing and navigation Thumbnail, fullscreen
XnView
Editor for byte manipulation
the format of executable files. Pairs of hexadecimal digits (each pair can represent a byte) are the current standard, because the vast majority of machines
Hex_editor
Family of archive file formats used by 7-Zip
of comparison, zip files also lack a recovery feature while the rar format has one. Comparison of archive formats List of archive formats Open file format
7z
be disabled in dynamic views. Using alias of the CVSROOT/modules file. CVS records executable bit when a file is added, but does not allow changing it
Comparison of version-control software
Comparison_of_version-control_software
number of notable file managers. Demo, trial or lite version available at no cost. Part of MS-DOS/PC DOS. Alexander Koblov also known as alexx2000. File Explorer
Comparison_of_file_managers
format (TEK HEX) and Extended Tektronix hex format (EXT TEK HEX or XTEK) / Extended Tektronix Object Format are ASCII-based hexadecimal file formats,
Tektronix_hex_format
Spreadsheet software
and LibreOffice, these can then be saved into the OpenDocument Format or other file formats. After previewing 1-2-3 on the IBM PC in 1982, BYTE called it
Lotus_1-2-3
File format for conveying binary information
executable file in hexadecimal (or binary) format. In some applications, the Intel hex format is also used as a container format holding packets of stream
Intel_HEX
Word processor
document format (.DOC) became a de facto standard of document file formats for Microsoft Office users.[citation needed] There are different versions of "Word
Microsoft_Word
Family of file formats
Module file (MOD music, tracker music) is a family of music file formats originating from the MOD file format on Amiga systems used in the late 1980s.
Module_file
not write to, Ext2 and Ext3 file systems. Windows can also access ReiserFS through rfstool and related programs. Comparison of known unpatched vulnerabilities
Comparison of operating systems
Comparison_of_operating_systems
File compression software
by Alludo. The program can create archives in Zip file format, unpack some other archive file formats and it also has various tools for system integration
WinZip
Open source assembler for x86 processors
Linkable Format (ELF) or Common Object File Format (COFF) (classic or MS-specific), or executables in either MZ, ELF, or Portable Executable (PE) format (including
FASM
Virtual machine used by Android for executing Java apps
to Dalvik bytecode and stored in .dex (Dalvik EXecutable) and .odex (Optimized Dalvik EXecutable) files; related terms odex and de-odex are associated
Dalvik_(software)
Snapshot of computer memory data
Descriptions of the file format core(5) – Linux Programmer's Manual – File Formats from Manned.org core(5) – Solaris 11.4 File Formats Reference Manual
Core_dump
Specially annotated symbol in an object file
symbol during linking of Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) object files. By default, without any annotation, a symbol in an object file is strong. During
Weak_symbol
PatchGuard A comparison of OS kernel support for different binary formats (executables): Supported by Win32 subsystem in user-space on x86 Physical file systems:
Comparison of operating system kernels
Comparison_of_operating_system_kernels
Computer memory transformation process
methods to shrink the content—all the Office file formats are created by zipping the raw XML. Alternative formats such as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
Marshalling (computer science)
Marshalling_(computer_science)
Image viewer software for Windows
TGA - including raw formats like Canon's CR2 or Sony's ARW Upon release, the software site SnapFiles rated it five stars out of five. It also received
FastStone_Image_Viewer
Word processor for Mac OS X
size) .xml format (Microsoft Word 2003 XML, minus images) Bean can export all of the above formats to these formats: .html (web page format, minus images)
Bean_(software)
Software help file format by Microsoft
help format, consisting of a collection of HTML pages, an index and other navigation tools. The files are compressed and deployed in a binary format with
Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help
Component of a file in Mac operating systems
does not use forked files. Its executable files are internally divided into a modular structure of large pieces (hunk) capable of storing code, data,
Resource_fork
Side of Smashing Magazine - 25+ Useful Document and File Comparison Tools". 2 April 2024. "Stack Overflow - Online code beautifier and formatter". "Pretty
Pretty_Diff
exists for comparison and is still useful for its originally intended purpose. In its most commonly used form, the corpus consists of 14 files totaling
Calgary_corpus
"Supported file type reference list for Déjà Vu X3". Retrieved 2025-01-29. "Supported File Formats". Localazy Docs. Retrieved 29 June 2026. "Supported file type
Comparison of computer-assisted translation tools
Comparison_of_computer-assisted_translation_tools
Compression software
programs support the format. There was also a "self-expanding" variant of StuffIt files with a .sea extension that runs as an executable. A utility called
StuffIt
create or develop a runtime, client, player, executable or other program that reads or renders SWF files. "Open Screen Project Press Release". Adobe Systems
Comparison_of_HTML5_and_Flash
Command line interpreter
a CUI_LIB-enabled DOS executable optionally supporting many pseudo-environment variables defined in '%'-style DESCRIPT.ION file entries.) Paul, Matthias
4DOS
Commercial hex editor and text editor for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS
scripts (e.g. Bash, batch files), log files, etc. A large variety of binary data formats can be edited through the use of Binary Templates. The software
010_Editor
Documentation generator for Java
formatted as HTML and other formats via extensions. Javadoc was created by Sun Microsystems and is owned by Oracle today. The content and formatting of
Javadoc
following is a comparison of TeX editors. Formula editor Chemical structure Comparison of word processors Comparison of text editors Comparison of desktop publishing
Comparison_of_TeX_editors
File archiver software
from the crowded genre." Comparison of file archivers Comparison of archive formats List of archive formats ZIP (file format) "Filzip home. Try a great
Filzip
Data compression approach allowing perfect reconstruction of the original data
be unfavourable. Common examples are executable programs, text documents, and source code. Some image file formats, like PNG or GIF, use only lossless
Lossless_compression
Binary-to-text encoding
with a line of the form: begin <mode> <file> Where <mode> is the file's read/write/execute permissions as three octal digits, and <file> is the name
Xxencoding
Freeware file archiver
is a freeware file archiver developed by The ZipGenius Team for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of handling nearly two dozen file formats, including all
ZipGenius
Assembly-language programming and binary-analysis tools
topic of: Subject:Assembly languages Assembler (computing) Comparison of assemblers Executable and Linkable Format Instruction set architecture List of software
List of assembly software and tools
List_of_assembly_software_and_tools
Graphical user interface for the Amiga computer
(instead of folders) for directories, tools for executable programs, projects for data files, and a trash can as a folder intended to contain deleted files. These
Workbench_(AmigaOS)
File system used by MS-DOS and Windows 9x
October 2015. Comparison of file systems Design of the FAT file system Drive letter assignment List of file systems Transaction-Safe FAT File System Since
File_Allocation_Table
Instructions directly executable by a computer
associated with debug symbols (either embedded in the native executable or in a separate file) that allow it to be mapped to external source code. A debugger
Machine_code
Spreadsheet editor by Microsoft
encouraging the use of new XML-based formats as replacements, Excel 2007 remained backwards-compatible with the traditional, binary formats. In addition, most
Microsoft_Excel
This alphabetical list of filename extensions contains extensions of notable file formats used by multiple notable applications or services. Contents 0-9
List of filename extensions (F–L)
List_of_filename_extensions_(F–L)
Topical guide to software
software Comparison of free software for audio Comparison of Gaussian process software Comparison of GPS software Comparison of graphics file formats Comparison
Outline_of_software
Human-readable data serialization language
applied to YAML. Comparison of data-serialization formats provides a more comprehensive comparison of YAML with other serialization formats. For fixed data
YAML
Free and open-source assembler
Linux kernel, and various other software. It is a part of the GNU Binutils package. The GAS executable is named as, the standard name for a Unix assembler
GNU_Assembler
Data-interchange format
an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of name–value pairs
JSON
Computer filing system
permissions file attributes such as whether the file is read-only, executable, etc. device type (e.g. block, character, socket, subdirectory, etc.) A file system
File_system
Computer file system architecture design
became obsolete with the introduction of hard disks and high-density formats. Also, the various 8-inch formats supported by 86-DOS and MS-DOS do not fit
Design_of_the_FAT_file_system
Free software project that provides compressor-archiver utilities
software to make a ZIP file into an executable self-extracting archive. ZipInfo outputs, in a variety of formats, information about ZIP files and their contents
Info-ZIP
Markup language for Perl documentation
comments). Pod can easily be converted to other formats, for example some of the various Wiki formats like: WikiWikiWeb, Kwiki, TWiki, UseModWiki, TiddlyWiki
Plain_Old_Documentation
Open source, lossless raw image format
existence of a wide variety of camera-brand-specific raw image formats, it introduced DNG as a standardized and backward-compatible universal file format. It
Digital_Negative
Freeware audio player
their music". It comprises a single executable file that runs on Windows without requiring installation. Comparison of audio player software The name foobar
Foobar2000
Computer program used to develop another program
code into machine code files. They may also use build automation tools that automatically package executable program and data files into shareable packages
Programming_tool
File system for CD-R and CD-ROM optical discs
Sierra Format, which arranged file information in a dense, sequential layout to minimize nonsequential access by using a hierarchical (eight levels of directories
ISO_9660
List of document markup languages Comparison of Office Open XML and OpenDocument Comparison of e-book formats Comparison of data-serialization formats
Comparison of document markup languages
Comparison_of_document_markup_languages
up-to-date or all-inclusive. Comparisons are between stable versions (not upcoming or beta releases) and are exclusive of any add-ons, extensions or external
Comparison_of_text_editors
Software configuration management, bug tracking system and wiki server
documentation. The software has a built-in web interface, accessible from the executable via a standalone HTTP server or as a CGI application. This interface provides
Fossil_(software)
Typesetting system based on TeX
contain no hidden formatting codes or binary information. TeX documents can also be shared by rendering the LaTeX file to other formats such as OpenDocument
LaTeX
Free and open source file archiver
archive format, normally identified by the .arc file name extension, incompatible with others; there is no relationship with other .arc formats. More recently
FreeArc
File format for images
Metafile (WMF) is an image file format originally designed for Microsoft Windows in the 1990s. The original Windows Metafile format was not device-independent
Windows_Metafile
Open-source computer-aided design software
utilizes its own CAD file format called .slvs for model storage. It is possible to export models as a whole or in part to various formats such as PDF, SVG
SolveSpace
Peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
decade ago found files available for download containing malware. In particular, one small sample indicated that 18% of all executable programs available
BitTorrent
data file, distinct from the program executable image file, or in a resource fork of the program, that the program reads at run-time. A partial list of versions:
Banner_(Unix)
Type of sorting algorithm that works by comparing pairs of elements
outcomes. For comparison-based sorts, the decision to execute basic operations other than comparisons is based on the outcome of comparisons. Hence in a
Comparison_sort
x86-i386-AMD64 ARM XScale/PPC64. Saving and restoring parts of files. Support for executable formats: a-out arch coff-386 ELF MZ jvmclass LMF LE and LX NE NLM-386
Beye
Software for handling software deployment
takes human-readable source code files already on a computer, and automates the process of converting them into an executable package on the same or a remote
Package_manager
File system from DragonFly BSD
develop and maintain HAMMER2 as of June 2020. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of file systems List of file systems ZFS Btrfs OpenZFS "В состав
HAMMER_(file_system)
Discontinued computer operating system for x86 processors
The system commands are the same as in CP/M-80. Executable files used the relocatable .CMD file format. Digital Research also produced a multi-user multitasking
CP/M-86
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