Definition of Executable

1. Adjective. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.


Definition of Executable

1. a. Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.

Definition of Executable

1. Adjective. Capable of being executed. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Executable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Executable

execrably
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Literary usage of Executable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. SAS(R) Component Language 9.1:: Reference, Volumes 1 and 2 by SAS Institute (2004)
"(Examples of executable statements are the CURSOR, IF-THEN/ELSE, and assignment statements.) declarative statements provide information to the SCL compiler ..."

2. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen, Hugo Grotius (1886)
"... against any immovable property by virtue of any mortgage or hypothecation, or otherwise any immovable property has by sentence been declared executable, ..."

3. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environments by Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"Accessing Shared Executable Libraries from SAS Shared libraries in UNIX contain executable programs that are written in various programming languages. ..."

4. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1908)
"Counsel also applied for the property specially hypothecated to bo declared executable. Defendant was sued by edictal citation, substituted service having ..."

5. Executive Guide to Computer Viruses by Charles Ritstein (1992)
"These include (1) executable file, such as .COM, .EXE and overaly files, (2) the boot sector of the boot disk, be it hard or floppy, and () the hard disk ..."

6. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for Windows by SAS Institute (2004)
"MAX specifies that the maximum amount of memory for executable programs is limited only by the amount of memory available. ..."

7. SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts by SAS Institute (2005)
"Executable and Declarative DATA Step Statements DATA step statements are executable or declarative statements that can appear in the DATA step. ..."

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