D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

object file

/äb'-jĕkt fīl/ · ob·ject file · IPA
01 n. A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable progr…
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    A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable program; sometimes called an obj file, because its file name typically has the extension “obj” .(Computers) Also: obj file