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  2. Comparison of executable file formats - Wikipedia

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    No (x86 only) Yes Extension (Novell/Caldera VERSION etc.) No Extension Extension Extension No No MZ (GEM) GEM, ViewMAX.APP/.ACC: No (x86 only) Yes No No Un­known Un­known No No Un­known NE: MS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking), OS/2, Windows, HX DOS Extender.EXE: Un­known Un­known Un­known No Un­known Un­known No Only MZ (DOS) [11] Yes LE, (W3, W4)

  3. Program Files - Wikipedia

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    To be backwards compatible with the 8.3 limitations of the old File Allocation Table filenames, the names 'Program Files', 'Program Files (x86)' and 'Common Program Files' are shortened by the system to progra~N and common~N, where N is a digit, a sequence number that on a clean install will be 1 (or 1 and 2 when both 'Program Files' and ...

  4. WoW64 - Wikipedia

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    There are two Program Files directories each visible to both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. The directory that stores the 32 bit files is called Program Files (x86) to differentiate between the two, while the 64 bit maintains the traditional Program Files name without any additional qualifier.

  5. Executable and Linkable Format - Wikipedia

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    An ELF file has two views: the program header shows the segments used at run time, whereas the section header lists the set of sections.. In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format [2] (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps.

  6. Directory structure - Wikipedia

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    \Program Files (x86) Appears on 64-bit editions of Windows. 32-bit and 16-bit programs are by default installed in this folder, even though 16-bit programs do not run on 64-bit Windows. [3] \ProgramData (hidden) Contains program data that is expected to be accessed by computer programs regardless of the user account in the context of which they ...

  7. 64-bit computing - Wikipedia

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    A compiled Java program can run on a 32- or 64-bit Java virtual machine with no modification. The lengths and precision of all the built-in types, such as char, short, int, long, float, and double, and the types that can be used as array indices, are specified by the standard and are not dependent on the underlying architecture. Java programs ...

  8. x86 - Wikipedia

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    Mass-produced x86-64 chips for the general market were available four years later, in 2003, after the time was spent for working prototypes to be tested and refined; about the same time, the initial name x86-64 was changed to AMD64. The success of the AMD64 line of processors coupled with lukewarm reception of the IA-64 architecture forced ...

  9. Portable Executable - Wikipedia

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    It serves as the standard format for executable files on Windows NT systems and is utilized for various file types, including .exe, .dll, .sys (system drivers), and .mui files. The PE format is a data structure that encapsulates the information necessary for the Windows OS loader to manage the wrapped executable code.