executable
/'eksikju:təbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being executed or carried out: Describes something (typically a plan, task, or file) that can be performed, implemented, or run successfully with the available means and under the current circumstances.
- Ready to be run by a computer: In computing, describes a file, especially a program, that is in a format that a computer's operating system can directly load and run.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The project manager confirmed that the proposed timeline was executable with our current staff.
- After compiling the code, the programmer created an executable file that users could double-click to launch the application.
- Given the budget constraints, only the most essential and executable parts of the plan were approved.
Advanced Usage
- "executable form": In a state or format ready to be carried out or run.
- The contract is not valid until it is in executable form and signed by both parties.
- "executable code/script": In computing, a sequence of instructions written in a programming language that a computer can understand and perform.
- The software bug was traced back to a line of executable code in the main module.
Variants and Related Words
- Execute (verb): To carry out or perform an action, plan, or order. To run a program on a computer.
- The team will execute the marketing campaign next quarter.
- Execution (noun): The act or process of executing something.
- The execution of the complex maneuver required precise timing.
- Executability (noun): The quality or state of being executable.
- The executability of the proposal was its main selling point.
Synonyms
- Feasible: Possible and practical to do easily or conveniently.
- Practicable: Capable of being done or put into practice successfully.
- Implementable: Able to be put into effect or action.
- Runnable (computing context): Capable of being executed by a computer.
Related Phrases
- Standalone executable: A computer program that can run independently without needing additional software or files.
- The developer packaged the application as a standalone executable for easy distribution.
- Cross-platform executable: A program file designed to run on multiple operating systems.
- They built a cross-platform executable to reach both Windows and macOS users.
Idioms
(This word is technical and does not commonly feature in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is primarily literal.)
Adjective
- capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are