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    Binary formats¶

    Machine code is fed to a computer’s processor in the form of binary files. These machine code files must target a specific computer platform, the combination of operating system and hardware architecture.

    The anatomy of binary formats and the binary life cycle.

    • Introduction
    • Anatomy of binaries
    • Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)
    • Portable Executable (PE) format
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