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-A program which is already compiled into binary form. Many inferior operating systems
only distribute Binary executables of their programs
and operating systems
.
+A program which is already compiled into binary form. Some OperatingSystem~s
only distribute [
Binary]
executables of their applications
and OperatingSystem. [Linux] and the [BSD] family distribute their SourceCode as well as their binary executables are are held in great esteem for this
.
-Confusion arises when your program compiles to
a VM
or other intermediate code, such as java's
class files
. Then your program isn
't compiled to a "binary executable"
(because it
's
not directly executable), but it is
compiled, and the file it is compiled into is definately binary
, and you can execute it
with help of the VM
.
+Confusion arises when your [Compiler] targets
a VirtualMachine
or other intermediate code. The common example is a [Java]
class file
. These aren
't BinaryExecutable~s
(because they
're
not directly executable), but they are
compiled, and definitely in a [Binary] format
, and you can execute the code
with the
help of the VirtualMachine.
+
+See also [a.out], [COFF] and [ELF]
.