fat binary

operating system An executable file containing code for more

than one CPU. The correct code is selected automatically at

run time. This is convenient for distributing software and

sharing it between multiple platforms.

NEXTSTEP supports fat binaries, e.g. for Motorola 68000,

Intel 80486 and SPARC ("triple fat"). Mac OS supports

fat binaries for both 680x0 and PowerPC native code.

[Other OSes?]

(1995-09-23)