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EXE
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/eksee/ , /eeksee/ , /EXE/ , n. An executable binary file. Some operating
systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension. EXE to mark
such files. This usage is also occasionally found among Unix programmers
even though Unix executables don't have any required suffix.