(EXEcutable file) Pronounced "ex-ee file." The name given to a program in machine language that is ready to run in DOS, Windows, OS/2 and VMS. The name comes from the .EXE extension at the end of the ...

(1) (COMmand file) An executable DOS, Windows or OS/2 program that takes up less than 64K. Such programs were common with earlier 16-bit computers that used 64K memory segments. See EXE file. (2) A ...