executable

n. computer file that can be executed, file in machine language that is ready to be run (Computers)

adj. achievable, practicable, feasible

Also see Binary file An executable or executable file, in computer science, is a file whose contents are meant to be interpreted as a program by a computer.While a file in source form may be executable, such a file is usually referred to as a "script." Most executable files contain the binary representation of machine instructions of a specific processor (in which case the executable may also be referred to as a binary), or they may be binary pseudocode for a virtual machine. A non-source executable file is also called an object program. Some operating systems designate executable files by specific naming convention (such as the name ending in a filename extension ".bin" or ".exe") or noted alongside the file in its metadata (such as the "execute" permission bits under Unix-like operating systems). However, unless a file contains properly-formatted computer instructions, it will not actually execute properly even if it is so marked.
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adj. executable, achievable, practicable, feasible

(a.)
Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.
  

<operating system> A binary file containing a program in machine language which is ready to be executed (run).
The term might also be, but generally isn't, applied to scripts which are interpreted by a command line interpreter. Executables are distinguished in Unix by having the execute permission bits set, at least for the owner. MS-DOS uses the filename extension ".exe".
(1997-06-21)