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Mach-O

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Mach-O

Summary

Mach-O is an executable file format[1]. Mach-O draws 591 Wikipedia views per month (executable_file_format category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mach-O's instance of is recorded as executable file format[3].
  • Mach-O's developer is recorded as Carnegie Mellon University[4].
  • Mach-O's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[5].
  • Mach-O's software version identifier is recorded as 64bit[6].
  • Mach-O's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/synalysis/Grammars/master/mach-o.grammar[7].
  • Mach-O's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/MachO.bt[8].
  • Mach-O's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xdabbad00/icebuddha/gh-pages/parse_scripts/mach_o.py[9].
  • Mach-O's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/program/macho.py[10].
  • Mach-O's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/master/executable/mach_o.ksy[11].
  • Mach-O's described at URL is recorded as https://web.archive.org/web/20090819232456/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/MachORuntime/index.html[12].
  • Mach-O's file extension is recorded as o[13].
  • Mach-O's file extension is recorded as dylib[14].
  • Mach-O's file extension is recorded as bundle[15].
  • Mach-O's file format identification pattern is recorded as CFFAEDFE[16].
  • Mach-O's file format identification pattern is recorded as CEFAEDFE[17].
  • Mach-O's file format identification pattern is recorded as FEEDFACE[18].
  • Mach-O's file format identification pattern is recorded as FEEDFACF[19].

Why It Matters

Mach-O draws 591 Wikipedia views per month (executable_file_format category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] Mach-O has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Mach-O is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Apple Inc. Zig

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gary Kessler's File Signature Table. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gary Kessler's File Signature Table. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gary Kessler's File Signature Table. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gary Kessler's File Signature Table. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mach-O. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mach-o
MLA “Mach-O.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mach-o.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mach-o_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mach-O}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mach-o}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Carnegie Mellon University, Apple Inc.
    Osdev article id → 4208
    Developer → —
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14367]]: 4208, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299326603|Mach-O (#299326603)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8178|OSDev articles]] #mix'n'mat"
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