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From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n. An executable binary
file. Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the
extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also occasionally
found among Unix programmers even though Unix executables don't have
any required suffix.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
EXE
/eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ An executable binary file.
Some operating systems (notably {MS-DOS}, VMS, and TWENEX) use
the extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also
occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix
executables don't have any required suffix.
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