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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Executable \Ex"e*cu`ta*ble\, a.
   Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable
   project. [R.]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

executable

   <operating system> A binary file containing a program in
   machine language which is ready to be executed (run).

   The term might also be, but generally isn't, applied to
   scripts which are interpreted by a command line
   interpreter.  Executables are distinguished in Unix by
   having the execute permission bits set, at least for the
   owner.  MS-DOS uses the filename extension ".exe".

   (1997-06-21)