BINARY PROGRAM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system

Example:

the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems

Synonyms:

binary; binary program

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("binary program" is a kind of...):

computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)

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