adjective
- capable of being executed or carried out
- subject to or deserving execution as punishment
Usage: legal
noun
- a computer file containing a program that can be run directly by the operating system
Usage: computing
Examples
- The plan is executable with our current resources.
- The contract contains several executable clauses.
- The crime was executable under state law.
- Double-click the executable to install the software.
- The programmer compiled the code into an executable file.
- This executable requires administrator privileges to run.
- The executable crashed during startup.