.com and .exe files

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From: Frank E. Prince
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:10

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Could anyone tell me the difference between .com and .exe files. The
most I've come up with is that a com file is an "executable memory image"
but that definition was somewhat out of context, and I don't really
understand it. I've done some assembly language programming with MASM so
I do understand instruction sets, stacks, registers etc. Any information
regarding this is much appreciated.
			Thanks,
				Frank

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