exe

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/ˈɛks/

noun

A Windows executable file.

CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

exe1

nounexe (plural exes)

plural exes · alternative EXE · alternative exec

  1. file formatA Windows executable file.

    Make sure that you did not include the table with the exe, (you can not update a table built into the exe). That should fix your problem.

    1999 November 29, Beth Walsh, “Error when run from the EXE”, in microsoft.public.fox.vfp.forms (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022
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    And a final note, you should encrypt the password stored in the exe. The encryption doesn't have to be the strongest, possibly just even an ascii value shift, but atleast^([sic]) some level of encryption that will keep someone using a hex editor from noticing an unusual string of characters in plain english at the end of your exe.

    1998 February 28, Michael Righi, “Can I keep PASSWORDS in the EXE file??”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022

    I had write a form in a project that it will update the log number table when a click the "New Log Number" button. Everything seems OK when I run from the project! But when I complied it to a exe and run the EXE and click the "New Log Number" button, an error message come out and the content is somthing^([sic]) about "cannot update the temp table"?

    1999 November 29, Hector, “Error when run from the EXE”, in microsoft.public.fox.vfp.forms (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022

    I have generated an EXE on the server then a shortcut in local drive C:\ . This shortcut starts in C:\MyDocuments (anyfolder). I'm trying to read a file located at the same place as the EXE so I need to get the full path name of the EXE.

    2000 September 5, GG, “The exe FOLDER”, in comp.databases.gupta (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022

    The exe name is NOT the project name: they are two different things. As soon as you save your project (after building an exe), whatever you built as your exe is the name it will always use for the exe. You can change the project name and it doesn't affect the exe name.

    2003 September 18, Stephen J Whiteley, “How to change the name of the exe file?”, in microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022

exe2

nounexe (plural exes)

plural exes · alternative exec

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalvideo gamesClipping of executioner.

    only exe axe in this game, and after about 15 scrolls it was awesome

    2009 October 9, George Moyer, “DCSS - YAFVP!”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet)
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    I also have mith greaves, crafted arms and bracer, bracer of erollisi, exe hood/frog crown (for dragons and teh like), dwarven workboots. Almost all of my jewelry enhances STR.

    2000 March 25, <demonika+usenet@demonic.com>, “Wars and crafted.”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)

    right now i have sword mastery at 20 whirlwind at 20 and a[n] exe sword that does 50-90 dmg ... my whirlwind does 300-500 per hit :)

    2000 November 4, Karl King, “Barb”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet)

    It[']s also important for their "noone gets a mark that didn't kill the mob" plan that bodies pop to the graveyard before you kill the exe.

    2003 May 12, Lance Berg, “From Upcoming for EverQuest”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)

Exe3

proper nounthe Exe
  1. A river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.

Exe4

proper noun
  1. University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

EXE5

nounEXE (plural EXEs)

plural EXEs

  1. computingAlternative letter-case form of exe (“a Windows executable file”).

Origin

Exe · proper noun

  1. Proto-Brythonic*Uɨsk
  2. Old EnglishEx
  3. EnglishExe

From Old English Ex, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (compare Welsh Wysg), a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Esk, and Usk.

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Exe · proper noun

Shortening of Exeter.

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Translations

Latin Isca
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APA

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