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a.out

old Unix executable file format
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a.out

Summary

a.out is an executable file format[1]. a.out has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 described at URL is recorded as http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/A.out[6].
  • 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[7].
  • a.out's file extension is recorded as o[8].
  • a.out's file extension is recorded as so[9].
  • a.out's replaced by is recorded as Executable and Linkable Format[10].

Why It Matters

a.out has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] a.out is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Just Solve the File Format Problem. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . 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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  1. 28d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → AT&T, Q1107006
    Replaced by → —
    Instance of → —
    Developer → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14367]]: 1955, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299326257|A.out (#299326257)]] for {{P|14367}}"
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