executable

See also: exécutable

English

Etymology

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.

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

• Bulgarian: изпълним (bg) (izpǎlnim)
• 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)
• Italian: eseguibile (it)
• 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
• position-independent executable
• portable executable

Translations

file that can be run

• Bulgarian: изпълним файл m (izpǎlnim fajl)
• 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