What Makes A Windows Binary?

[lion.12345678910]

As Teh Topis Says, What IS A Windows Binary, AKA What Else, Other Than An .exe Extention Makes Windows "Execute" The Binary?

Edit: Removed Signature...

Edited August 14, 2007 by lion.12345678910

[yugiohadvance]

my question extractly. what is windows binary?

[Zxian]

A "binary" or executable, is a file that contains a set of instructions. For example, I could write a program does the following:

Asks user for a number

Asks user for another number

Adds numbers together

Displays sum

The .exe extension is actually just a convention. From what I understand, you could add a new extension, call it .dxd (for example), and also have that run as a program.

[severach]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXE

[tain]

Here's another Wikipedia link with more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable