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Portable Executable (PE)

Posted Date: 15 Oct 2008 Resource Type: Definitions Category: General

Posted By: Pradeep Y Member Level: Gold
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The file format defining the structure that all executable files (EXE) and
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) must use to allow them to be loaded and
executed by Windows. PE is derived from the Microsoft Common Object File
Format (COFF). The EXE and DLL files created using the .NET Framework obey
the PE/COFF formats and also add additional header and data sections to the
files that are only used by the CLR. The specification for the PE/COFF file
formats is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/hardware/pecoffdown.mspx

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Author: mahendrakiran 31 Oct 2008

Member Level: Gold Points : 1

The Portable Executable (PE) format is a file format for executables, object code, and DLLs, used in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows ...

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