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EXE
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.
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