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exe

/ˈɛks/

exe noun: a Windows executable file.

Noun (1)

exe (plural exes)

  1. (file format) A Windows executable file.
    • And a final note, you should encrypt the password stored in the exe. The encryption doesn't have to be the strongest, possibly just even an ascii value shift, but atleast^([sic]) some level of encryption that will keep someone using a hex editor from noticing an unusual string of characters in...1998 February 28, Michael Righi, “Can I keep PASSWORDS in the EXE file??”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022
    • I had write a form in a project that it will update the log number table when a click the "New Log Number" button. Everything seems OK when I run from the project!
      But when I complied it to a exe and run the EXE and click the "New Log Number" button, an error message come out and the content is...1999 November 29, Hector, “Error when run from the EXE”, in microsoft.public.fox.vfp.forms (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Exe

the Exe

  1. A river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Exe

Exe

  1. University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Noun (2) capitalized: EXE

EXE (plural EXEs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of exe.

Examples of exe in a sentence

  • And a final note, you should encrypt the password stored in the exe.1998 February 28, Michael Righi, “Can I keep PASSWORDS in the EXE file??”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
  • Make sure that you did not include the table with the exe, (you can not update a table built into the exe).1999 November 29, Beth Walsh, “Error when run from the EXE”, in microsoft.public.fox.vfp.forms (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
  • I have generated an EXE on the server then a shortcut in local drive C:\ .2000 September 5, GG, “The exe FOLDER”, in comp.databases.gupta (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
  • The exe name is NOT the project name: they are two different things.2003 September 18, Stephen J Whiteley, “How to change the name of the exe file?”, in microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion (Usenet)...

Forms of exe

pluralexes
alternative formEXE
pluralEXEs

Origin of exe

Clipping of executable.

From Old English Ex, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (compare Welsh Wysg), a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Esk, and Usk.

Shortening of Exeter.

Words formed from exe

Questions about exe

What does exe mean?
Exe means a Windows executable file.
How do you use exe in a sentence?
And a final note, you should encrypt the password stored in the exe.
What part of speech is exe?
Exe can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce exe?
Exe is pronounced /ˈɛks/.
What is the plural of exe?
The plural of exe is exes.

Words near exe in the dictionary

  1. excyzoites
  2. Exd.
  3. EXDIS
  4. exduction
  5. exductions
  6. exe
  7. exe.
  8. exeat
  9. exeats
  10. exec
  11. exec-produce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exe (page history and authors); Exe (page history and authors); EXE (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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