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BINARY PROGRAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does binary program mean?
• BINARY PROGRAM (noun)
The noun BINARY PROGRAM has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: BINARY PROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
binary; binary program
Context example:
the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems
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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