Prebinding — is a method for reducing the time it takes to launch executables in the Mach O file format. For example, this is what Mac OS X is doing when in the Optimizing stage of installing system software or certain applications.Prebinding looks up memory… … Wikipedia
Library (computing) — This article is about the programming concept. For Windows 7 Libraries, see Features new to Windows 7#Libraries. Illustration of an application which uses libvorbisfile to play an Ogg Vorbis file In computer science, a library is a collection of… … Wikipedia
Position-independent code — In computing, position independent code (PIC) or position independent executable (PIE) is machine instruction code that executes properly regardless of where in memory it resides. PIC is commonly used for shared libraries, so that the same… … Wikipedia
Portable Executable — Not to be confused with Portable application. Portable Executable Filename extension .cpl, .exe, .dll, .ocx, .sys, .scr, .drv Developed by Microsoft Type of format Binary, executable, object, shared libraries … Wikipedia
Executable — This article is about a general type of computer file. For the specific file type used in some operating systems, see EXE. A hex dump of an executable real mode boot loader In computing, an executable file causes a computer to perform indicated… … Wikipedia
COFF — Filename extension none, .o Developed by AT T Type of format Binary, executable, object, shared libraries Extended to XCOFF, ECOFF, Portable Executable The Common … Wikipedia
Object file — OBJ file redirects here. For specific format used on DOS, see Relocatable Object Module Format. In computer science, an object file is an organized collection of separate, named sequences of machine code[citation needed]. Each sequence, or object … Wikipedia
Loader (computing) — In computing, a loader is the part of an operating system that is responsible for loading programs from executables (i.e., executable files) into memory, preparing them for execution and then executing them. The loader is usually a part of the… … Wikipedia
COM file — This article is about the .COM file format. For the top level Internet domain, see .com. COM Filename extension .COM Type of format Executable In many computer operating systems, a COM file is a type of executable file; the name is derived from… … Wikipedia
Relocation (computer science) — In computer science, relocation is the process of replacing symbolic references or names of libraries with actual usable addresses in memory before running a program. It is typically done by the linker during compilation (at compile time),… … Wikipedia
