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History

A.out Shared libraries AT&T AT&T's VAX

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Overview

Format Executable Object code Shared library Computer files

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Features

String Tracing Symbol table Offset Virtual address

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Problems

Unix epoch UTC Year 2038 problem

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Developed by: AT&T Corporation
Extended to: XCOFF, ECOFF, Portable Executable, Executable and Linkable Format
Internet media type: application/x-coff, application/x-coffexec
Magic number: 4C 01 for i386 · 64 86 for AMD64 · 00 02 for Itanium
Type of format: Binary, executable, object, shared libraries

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Overview

Format File format
Executable
Object code
Shared library Shared libraries
Computer files Computer file
Unix
Unix System V
A.out
XCOFF
ECOFF
ELF Executable and Linkable Format
SVR4 UNIX System V
Unix-like
Microsoft Windows
Portable Executable
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

History

A.out A.out (file format)
Shared libraries Library (computing)
AT&T
AT&T's AT&T Computer Systems
VAX
32-bit 32-bit computing
3B20 3B series computers
Symbolic debugging
Programming languages Programming language
C++
Instruction set architectures Instruction set architecture
IBM
AIX operating system
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
SGI Silicon Graphics
SysV
Embedded systems Embedded system
Microsoft
Windows NT
Object files Object file

Features

String String (computer science)
Tracing Tracing (software)
Symbol table
Offset Offset (computer science)
Virtual address
Base address

Problems

Unix epoch
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
Year 2038 problem

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Nodes50

Edges49

Triples56

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.04

Components1

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COFF

Top relations

related to Further reading · 15

COFF → Archived, Associates, Brief History, Common Object File Format, Corporation, Gintaras, ISBN, MIPS COFF SpecGircys, O'Reilly, PDF, Revision, Texas Instruments, TI Object File Formats, Understanding, Using COFF

related to history · 8

COFF → As, AT, Improvements, T's UNIX System, The, Unix, Unix-like, VAX

related to Problems · 6

COFF → As, January, The COFF, Unix, UTC, Year

related to Relative virtual address · 6

COFF → If, Relative, RVA, RVAs, The, When

related to Symbolic debugging information · 4

COFF → Each, Short, Symbolic, The COFF

Magic number · 3

COFF → 00 02 for Itanium, 4C 01 for i386, 64 86 for AMD64

related to Features · 2

COFF → COFF's, Different

Developed by · 1

COFF → AT&T Corporation

Extended to · 1

COFF → XCOFF, ECOFF, Portable Executable, Executable and Linkable Format

Filename extension · 1

COFF → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} none, .o, .obj, .lib

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Important terminology

format file object executable used unix address number information symbol files systems portable xcoff ecoff sections table loaded unix-like microsoft

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
COFF	Developed by	AT&T Corporation	1.00	infobox
COFF	Extended to	XCOFF, ECOFF, Portable Executable, Executable and Linkable Format	1.00	infobox
COFF	Filename extension	.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} none, .o, .obj, .lib	1.00	infobox
COFF	Internet media type	application/x-coff, application/x-coffexec	1.00	infobox
COFF	Magic number	4C 01 for i386	1.00	infobox
COFF	Magic number	64 86 for AMD64	1.00	infobox
COFF	Magic number	00 02 for Itanium	1.00	infobox
COFF	Type of format	Binary, executable, object, shared libraries	1.00	infobox
XCOFF	instance of	and formed the basis for extended specifications	0.80	text
ECOFF	instance of	and formed the basis for extended specifications	0.80	text
before being largely replaced by ELF	instance of	and formed the basis for extended specifications	0.80	text
introduced with SVR4	instance of	and formed the basis for extended specifications	0.80	text

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