COFF
Sign in to saveThe 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, COFF is referenced by 48 other articles, and connects out to UNIX System V, a.out and Microsoft Windows.
It is catalogued under the topic Executable file formats.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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 · Polski
COFF (ang. Common Object File Format) – format plików wykonywalnych użyty w systemie Unix System V Release 3, później zaadaptowany w systemie Microsoft Windows NT.
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