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executable

British  
/ ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of a computer program) able to be run

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a file containing a program that will run as soon as it is opened

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But most of the playbook described above is still executable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

“Neither the state nor the federal government had clear, executable plans in place to respond to and manage such limited resources in an uncertain and rapidly evolving environment.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 11, 2024

In a call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Biden said Israel needed a "credible and executable plan" to protect the more than a million people in the city.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2024

The official line was that the two sides mutually parted ways, but industry insiders said that the couple just could not come up with enough good, executable ideas for podcasts or audio shows.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2023

Once upon a time, these magic numbers were PDP-11 branch instructions that skipped over header data to the start of executable code; the 0407, for example, was octal for `branch 16 bytes relative'.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond

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