executable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

executable
    adj 1: capable of being done with means at hand and
           circumstances as they are [syn: {feasible}, {executable},
           {practicable}, {viable}, {workable}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Executable \Ex"e*cu`ta*ble\, a.
   Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable
   project. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

executable

   <operating system> A {binary} file containing a program in
   {machine language} which is ready to be {execute}d (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)