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In computing, an object file is a file containing object code, meaning relocatable format machine code that is usually not directly executable.
Description
There are various formats for object files, and the same object code can be packaged in different object files.
An object file also works like a library.
In addition to the object code itself, object files may contain metadata used for linking or debugging, including:
- information to resolve symbolic cross-references between different modules
- relocation information
- stack unwinding information
- comments
- program symbols
- debugging or profiling information
See also
External links
- Object file @ Wikipedia
