New Executable

New Executable
Filename extension
.exe, .dll, .fon, .drv
Type of formatExecutable, dynamic-link library
Extended fromDOS MZ executable
Extended toPortable Executable

The New Executable (abbreviated NE or NewEXE) is a 16-bit executable file format, a successor to the DOS MZ executable format. It was used in Windows 1.0–3.x, Windows 9x, multitasking MS-DOS 4.0,[1] OS/2 1.x, and the OS/2 subset of Windows NT up to version 5.0 (Windows 2000). An NE is also called a segmented executable.[2] It utilizes the 286 protected mode.

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