Executable ↔ portable binary Machine Code executable, Compiled to run platform specific

aka Binary-Executable, Binary

.app

macOS Application Bundle to Package & run mac-specific Executable

.exe

portable binary executable to Package & deliver Programs on Windows

Script

uncompiled executable files, often as plaintext

.msi

Windows Application installer superset of .exe

References

1. .app ↔ macOS Application Bundle to Package & run mac-specific Executable

2. Machine Code ↔ 0's & 1's. Binary Executable, generated via Interpretation or Compiled Language.

3. Zero Deps ↔ of vanilla (JS/Programming Language/Binary) Lib to run out-of-box w/o req external Deps

4. wasm module ↔ Web Assembly Binary file (executable Machine Code)

5. jq ↔ CLI Dev tool to work JSON . Zero Deps C Binary

6. Code-space ↔ Space to contain JIT Compiled Code objects for executable memory (may also allocate inside Executable JIT Code in Large-object-space)

7. Compiled Language ↔ of Programming Language where entire Source Code convert into Machine Code all at once, written to portable Binary file, executable later by any Computer