Portable Executable

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History

Windows NT 3.1 New Executable Win32s Windows 3.1x Fat binary

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Technical details

Dynamic linker Memory protection Copy-on-write Opcode Address space layout randomization

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Use on other operating systems

ReactOS SkyOS BeOS Mono development platform .NET Framework

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Overview

File format Executable code Windows Operating systems UEFI

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Developed by: Currently: Microsoft
Extended from: DOS MZ executable COFF
Internet media type: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
Magic number: 4D 5A (MZ in ASCII) and 50 45 00 00 (PE)
Type of format: Binary, executable, object, shared libraries

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Overview

File format
Executable code
Windows Microsoft Windows
Operating systems Operating system
UEFI
Process Process (computing)
Dynamic link libraries Dynamic link library
Application programming interface
Thread-local storage
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
Instruction sets Instruction set architecture
IA-32
X86-64
IA-64
Thumb ARM architecture
ARM64
Windows 2000
MIPS MIPS architecture
Alpha DEC Alpha
PowerPC
Windows CE
SuperH
ELF Executable and Linkable Format
Linux
Unix-like systems Unix-like
Mach-O
MacOS
IOS

History

Technical details

Dynamic linker
Memory protection
Copy-on-write
Opcode
Address space layout randomization
Loader Loader (computing)
Shared libraries Shared library
Heap Dynamic memory allocation
Stack Call stack
Position-independent Position-independent code
Compilers Compiler
Linker Linker (computing)
.reloc Relocation (computing)

.NET, metadata, and the PE format

CLR Common Language Runtime
Visual Basic
COM+

Use on other operating systems

ReactOS
SkyOS
BeOS
Mono development platform Mono (software)
.NET Framework
.NET Core
X86
Wine Wine (software)
HX DOS Extender
Mac OS X 10.5
ABI Application Binary Interface
Calling convention

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Triples48

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.028571

Components1

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Portable Executable

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related to External links · 40

Portable Executable → Aug, Common Object File Format, Daniel PistelliEro Carrera's, Explorer, Feb, February, Format, Formats Specifications, In-Depth Look, Intel Order Number, Interface Standard, Internals, Jan, Jun, March, Matt Pietrek, May, Micheal, Microsoft Developer Support, Microsoft Portable Executable

Developed by · 1

Portable Executable → Currently: Microsoft

Extended from · 1

Portable Executable → DOS MZ executable COFF

Filename extension · 1

Portable Executable → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .exe, .com, .dll, .sys, .acm, .ax, .cpl, .drv, .efi, .ime, .mui, .ocx, .scr, .tsp, .msstyles

Internet media type · 1

Portable Executable → application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable

Magic number · 1

Portable Executable → 4D 5A (MZ in ASCII) and 50 45 00 00 (PE)

Type of format · 1

Portable Executable → Binary, executable, object, shared libraries

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Important terminology

pe format windows executable systems file operating also net used including libraries section portable code 32-bit dynamic microsoft references use

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Portable Executable	Developed by	Currently: Microsoft	1.00	infobox
Portable Executable	Extended from	DOS MZ executable COFF	1.00	infobox
Portable Executable	Filename extension	.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .exe, .com, .dll, .sys, .acm, .ax, .cpl, .drv, .efi, .ime, .mui, .ocx, .scr, .tsp, .msstyles	1.00	infobox
Portable Executable	Internet media type	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable	1.00	infobox
Portable Executable	Magic number	4D 5A (MZ in ASCII) and 50 45 00 00 (PE)	1.00	infobox
Portable Executable	Type of format	Binary, executable, object, shared libraries	1.00	infobox
SkyOS	instance of	it has also been used by other operating systems	0.80	text
BeOS R3	instance of	it has also been used by other operating systems	0.80	text
Portable Executable	related to External links	PE Format	0.60	section
Portable Executable	related to External links	Microsoft Portable Executable	0.60	section
Portable Executable	related to External links	Common Object File Format	0.60	section
Portable Executable	related to External links	Specification	0.60	section

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