lion.12345678910 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yugiohadvance Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 my question extractly. what is windows binary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 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 numberAsks user for another numberAdds numbers togetherDisplays sumThe .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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severach Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Here's another Wikipedia link with more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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