Binaries/Executables are the Computer-Readable Stuff

• Second step: to run a programme it must first be converted from human-readable to computer-readable — compiled. . .  
• Third step: . . .  and linked.

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Part of the compiled Hello World programme (Fortran 90):

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  ^@^@^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^@^@^@^@P%G�%@td^D^@^@^@4 ^@^@^@^@^@^@4   @^@^@^@^@^@4
  @^@^@^@^@^@,^@^@^@^@^@^@^@,^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Q%G�%@td^F
  ^@^@^@^@^@^@/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2^@^D^@^@^@
  ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@libgfortran.so.1^@_gfortran_st_write^@_DYNAMIC^@_gfortran_transfer_
  character^@_init^@_gfortran_st_write_done^@_gfortran_set_args^@_fini^@_gfortra
  ^@__bss_start^@_end^@GLIBC_2.2.5^@^@^@^@^B^@^@^@^A^@^@^@^A^@
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