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Executable and Linkable Format
In
computing
, the
Executable and Linkable Format
(
ELF
, formerly called
Extensible Linking Format
) is a common standard
file format
for
executables
,
object code
,
shared libraries
, and
core dumps
. First published in the
System V Release 4
(SVR4)
Application Binary Interface
(ABI) specification, and later in the Tool Interface Standard, it was quickly accepted among different vendors of
Unix
systems. In 1999 it was chosen as the standard binary file format for Unix and
Unix-like
systems on
x86
by the 86open project.
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