Computer Science / Unit 5 CS 0234 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Executable
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The idea
An executable is a program stored inside a computer — a byte sequence on disk, waiting until a command, a click, or a voice request sends it into memory to run.
In practice
A megabyte-sized editor is roughly a million stored bytes holding still.
Where people slip
Stored and running are two different lives.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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