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Which file is a sequence of bytes organized into blocks understandable by the system's linker?
The correct answer is C. Object file. An object file is the output of a compiler before linking. It consists of a sequence of bytes organized into structured blocks (sections such as .text, .data, .bss) that the system's linker can understand and process to produce an executable. A source file is human-readable…
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Which file is a sequence of bytes organized into blocks understandable by the system's linker?
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- Aexecutable file
- Bsource file
- CObject file
- DNone of these
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(22 responses)- A5% (1)
- C91% (20)
- D5% (1)
Explanation
An object file is the output of a compiler before linking. It consists of a sequence of bytes organized into structured blocks (sections such as .text, .data, .bss) that the system's linker can understand and process to produce an executable. A source file is human-readable code. An executable file has already been linked and is ready to run by the OS loader, not the linker.
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