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| Developed by | Commodore International MetaComCo plc. |
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| Initial release | May 5, 1986 |
| Type of format | Amiga executable |
Hunk is the executable file format of tools and programs of the Amiga Operating System based on Motorola 68000 CPU and other processors of the same family. The file format was originally defined by MetaComCo. as part of TRIPOS, which formed the basis for AmigaDOS.[1] This kind of executable got its name from the fact that the software programmed on Amiga is divided in its internal structure into many pieces called hunks, in which every portion could contain either code or data.
- ^ METACOMCO plc. (1986). Introduction to Tripos.