What is the ELF format?

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In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format), is a common standard file format for executable files, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps. read more

ELF became the de-facto standard in object file formats. The nice thing about it is that is it not machine dependent (meaning it can represent object of any machine). Moreover, it can encapsulate additional information that is host or target dependent. read more

ELF files are Executable Linkable Format which consists of a symbol look-ups and relocatable table, that is, it can be loaded at any memory address by the kernel and automatically, all symbols used, are adjusted to the offset from that memory address where it was loaded into. read more