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position-independent executable

An executable built as position-independent code, so the system can load it at a different address each run.

A position-independent executable (PIE, -fPIE -pie) is an executable whose code is position-independent and which can be loaded at any base address; it is the default on modern Linux, macOS (required on ARM64) and Windows (with /DYNAMICBASE).

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position-independent code address space layout randomization
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