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Executable and Linkable Format

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Executable and Linkable Format

Summary

Executable and Linkable Format is an executable file format[1]. It draws 681 Wikipedia views per month (executable_file_format category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Executable and Linkable Format's image is recorded as Elf-layout--en.svg[3].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's instance of is recorded as executable file format[4].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's developer is recorded as Unix System Laboratories[5].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's Commons category is recorded as Executable and Linkable Format[6].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02prw[7].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/ELF.bt[8].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/program/elf.py[9].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/master/executable/elf.ksy[10].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/synalysis/Grammars/master/elf.grammar[11].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's described at URL is recorded as https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/elf/elf.pdf[12].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wader/fq/master/format/elf/elf.go[13].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's file extension is recorded as axf[14].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's file extension is recorded as bin[15].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's file extension is recorded as elf[16].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's file extension is recorded as o[17].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's file extension is recorded as prx[18].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's file extension is recorded as so[19].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's replaces is recorded as a.out[20].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/elf[21].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/tags/elf[22].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/689[23].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/688[24].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/691[25].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/690[26].
  • Executable and Linkable Format's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Executable_and_Linkable_Format[27].

Why It Matters

Executable and Linkable Format draws 681 Wikipedia views per month (executable_file_format category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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