Common Object File Format
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The Common Object File Format (COFF) is a format for executable, object code, and shared library computer files used on Unix systems. It was introduced in Unix System V, replaced the previously used a.out format, and formed the basis for extended specifications such as XCOFF and ECOFF, before being largely replaced by ELF, introduced with SVR4. COFF and its variants continue to be used on some Unix-like systems, on Microsoft Windows (Portable Executable), in UEFI environments and in some embedded development systems.
Key facts
- File format.name
- COFF
- File format.extension
- none, , ,
- File format.magic
- for i386 for AMD64 for Itanium
- File format.owner
- AT&T Corporation
- File format.genre
- Binary, executable, object, shared libraries
- File format.extendedto
- XCOFF, ECOFF, Portable Executable, Executable and Linkable Format
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- dynamic-link library
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/coff
- media type
- application/x-coffexec
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Article · Deutsch
Das Common Object File Format (COFF; deutsch allgemeines Objektdateiformat) ist ein Binärformat für Programme und Objektdateien. Es wurde von AT&T für das Betriebssystem Unix System V eingeführt und findet heutzutage vor allem im darauf aufbauenden Format PE für Windows Verwendung (siehe Portable Executable). Für Dateiendungen wird, falls vorhanden und abgesehen von den für PE genutzten Endungen, oft „cof“, „obj“ oder „lib“ verwendet.
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