binary program

1. 1.

   a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system

   “the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems”

   Synonymsbinary

   Broaderprogram

Questions about binary program

What does binary program mean?

binary program means "a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system".

What is another word for binary program?

Close synonyms include binary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is binary program a common word?

binary program is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.