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Everything about .exe
Filename extension for a native executable program
In Windows, OS/2, and DOS, .exe is the filename extension for a file that is runnable as a native executable computer program. Such a file is sometimes referred to an EXE – as one historical way to identify a file extension is without the dot prefix and capitalized. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: .exeA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Parallel Programming with Co-ArraysThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Linear temporal logic as an executable semantics for planning languagesCited 21 times
- Go sideways: New ExecutableA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Portable ExecutableA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Parallel Programming with Co-ArraysRobert W. Numrich, John Ker Reid · 2012
A basis for linear algebraWarren Brisley · 1973
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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