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executable

/ˈɛksəkjutəbl/

executable adjective: capable of being executed.

Adjective

executable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being executed.

Noun

executable (plural executables)

  1. A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.
    • The program as written by the programmer is generally processed into an executable that can be run.

executable meaning in Tamil and Kannada

executable in Tamil

நிறைவேற்றப்படக்கூடிய, செய்து முடிக்கக்கூடிய

executable in Kannada

ಎಸಗಬಲ್ಲ

Examples of executable in a sentence

  • Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.
  • The routine that actually changes the paging register must be in an unpaged region; otherwise it will no longer be executable after it has swapped pages.
  • My question is do all of the executable versions for PC compatibles have the color option enabled?

All 12 example sentences with executable

Forms of executable

pluralexecutables

Origin of executable

From execute + -able.

Words formed from executable

Questions about executable

What does executable mean?
Executable means capable of being executed.
What is executable in Tamil?
Executable in Tamil is நிறைவேற்றப்படக்கூடிய, செய்து முடிக்கக்கூடிய. See Executable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is executable?
Executable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce executable?
Executable is pronounced /ˈɛksəkjutəbl/.

Words near executable in the dictionary

  1. exection
  2. exects
  3. execu.
  4. executabilities
  5. executability
  6. executable
  7. executable code
  8. executables
  9. executancy
  10. executant
  11. executants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: executable (page history and authors); executable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); executable (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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