New Executable

New Executable
Filename extension	.exe, .dll, .fon, .drv
Type of format	Executable, dynamic-link library
Extended from	DOS MZ executable
Extended to	Portable Executable

The New Executable (abbreviated NE or NewEXE) is a 16-bit executable file format, a successor to the DOS MZ executable format. It was used in Windows 1.0–3.x, Windows 9x, multitasking MS-DOS 4.0, OS/2 1.x, and the OS/2 subset of Windows NT up to version 5.0 (Windows 2000). A NE is also called a segmented executable. It utilize the 286 protected mode.

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