a.out is a file format used in older versions of Unix-like computer operating systems for executables, object code, and in later systems for shared libraries, a.out is "assembler output" abbreviation of. Linux actually only uses a.out to version 1.2 (1995), and support for ELF was first added in the 1.1.52 kernel (experimental support). Most Unix-like systems today have switched to the ELF format,…

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