Exe
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A Windows executable file.
"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."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of exe. alt-of
- 1 A river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.
- 2 University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
Example
More examples"After the game is installed, replace the original .exe file with the cracked .exe."
Etymology
Clipping of executable.
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.
Shortening of Exeter.
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