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Everything about Object file
File containing relocatable format machine code
An object file is a file that contains machine code or bytecode, as well as other data and metadata, generated by a compiler or assembler from source code during the compilation or assembly process. The machine code that is generated is known as object code. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Object fileA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The web application hacker's handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Debugging informationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Object Module Format (Intel)A closely related topic
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đź“š Books worth reading
The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007
New Perspectives Computer Concepts 2016 Enhanced, ComprehensiveJune Jamrich Parsons · 2016
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- Debugging information Debugging information is information that describes a correspondence of elements in the source code, such as the names of variables and routines, to entities…
- Object Module Format (Intel) The Object Module Format (OMF) is an object file format used primarily for software intended to run on Intel 80x86 microprocessors. It was originally developed…
- Relocation (computing) In software development, relocation is the process of assigning load addresses for position-dependent code and data of a program and adjusting the code…
- Netwide Assembler The Netwide Assembler (NASM) is an assembler and disassembler for the Intel x86 architecture. It can be used to write 16-bit, 32-bit (IA-32) and 64-bit…
- Executable and Linkable Format In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files…
- Intel HEX Intel hexadecimal object file format, Intel hex format or Intellec Hex is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form, making it possible…
- Arm Image Format In computer programming, the Arm Image Format (AIF) is an object file format used primarily for software intended to run on ARM microprocessors. It was…
- Linker (computing) A linker or link editor is a computer program that combines intermediate software build files such as object and library files into a single executable…