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<p>For <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/OS%2f2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>, and <a href="/facts/DOS/6nkoK02J">DOS</a>, .exe is the <a href="/facts/Filename_extension/cJgfAym4">filename extension</a> that denotes a file as being <a href="/facts/Executable/VSst9eLA">executable</a> – a <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">computer program</a> – containing an <a href="/facts/Entry_point/nN52vHKb">entry point</a>. </p><p>In addition to being executable (adjective) such a file is often called an executable (noun) which is sometimes abbreviated as EXE. </p>