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a.out

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a.out

Summary

a.out is an executable file format[1]. a.out draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (executable_file_format category, ranking #5 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • a.out's instance of is recorded as executable file format[3].
  • a.out's developer is recorded as AT&T[4].
  • a.out's developer is recorded as Q1107006[5].
  • a.out's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0893bm[6].
  • a.out's described at URL is recorded as http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/A.out[7].
  • a.out's described at URL is recorded as https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/uapi/linux/a.out.h[8].
  • a.out's file extension is recorded as o[9].
  • a.out's file extension is recorded as so[10].
  • a.out's replaced by is recorded as Executable and Linkable Format[11].
  • a.out's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as A.out[12].

Why It Matters

a.out draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (executable_file_format category, ranking #5 of 5).[2] a.out has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] a.out is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

AT&T

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Just Solve the File Format Problem. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). a.out. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-out
MLA “a.out.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-out.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a-out_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{a.out}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-out}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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