3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: executable adjective: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are [syn: {feasible}, {practicable}, {viable}, {workable}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Executable \Ex"e*cu'ta*ble\, adjective Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: executable A {binary} file containing a program in {machine language} which is ready to be {execute}d (run). The term might also be, but generally isn't, applied to {scripts} which are interpreted by a {command line interpreter}. Executables are distinguished in {Unix} by having the execute permission bits set, at least for the owner. {MS-DOS} uses the {filename extension} ".exe". (1997-06-21)

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