What is Executable?
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By double clicking on the Internet Explorer icon to start the web browser you are using an executable file (the file for your web browser is iexplore.exe). An .exe file is a like a cooking recipe only it's instructions are in a language that the computer understands. In DOS systems, executables have either a .COM or .EXE extension and are called COM files and EXE files, respectively. In UNIX and Macintosh environments, executing files can have any name. |
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