Dictionary › E › executable

executable

Quick answer

As an adjective, executable means capable of being executed. As a noun, it means a file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.

Meanings of executable

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Capable of being executed.

  2. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

    Similar: feasible, practicable, viable, workable

noun

  1. computingA 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.”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstance…

For word games

e1
x8
e1
c3
u1
t1
a1
b3
l1
e1
Scrabble & Words With Friends: valid word21 points before bonuses.10 letters.
Unscramble these letters

Nearby words