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executable

British  
/ ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtəbəl /

adjective

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

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noun

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

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“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

Apple has given Li 14 days to update his app to remove the ability to run executable code — which would render it completely useless.

From The Verge • Jul. 23, 2021

In a statement, the Defense Department said that it undertook a “thorough, logical, and non-political process to determine which deferred military construction projects were executable in calendar year 2020,” and that those projects were funded.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020

With Katte at Berlin the desperate Prince has concocted another scheme of Flight, this Hoym one being impossible; scheme executable by Katte and him, were this Radewitz once over.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Carlyle, Thomas