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The processor declarations are by file, but multiple files can be combined into a multi-architecture binary, with different encapsulated files having different processor declarations (fat binary).
 
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! scope="row" | [[Mach-O]]<ref name=macosx>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/DeveloperToolsdevelopertools/Conceptualconceptual/MachORuntime/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001298-BAJIHABI |title=Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference |publisher=Apple Inc. |date=42009-02-04 February|url-status=dead 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904004108/https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/developertools/conceptual/MachORuntime/Reference/reference.html |accessarchive-date=9September July4, 20122014}}</ref>
| [[NeXTSTEP]], [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[watchOS]], [[tvOS]], [[visionOS]]
| style="text-align: center;" | none
| {{Yes}} by file or subfile of a [[Fat binary#NeXT's/Apple's multi-architecture binaries|multi-architecture binary]]
| {{Yes}} by section
| {{Some}} <small>(limited to max. 256 sections)</small>
| {{Yes}}
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| {{Yes}} ([[Fat binary#NeXT's/Apple's multi-architecture binaries|multi-architecture binary]])
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
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| [[MS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking)]], [[OS/2]], [[Windows]], [[HX&nbsp;DOS&nbsp;Extender]]
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>[[.EXE]]</code>
| {{No}} <small>([[Intel x86|x86]] only)</small>
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| {{No}}
| {{unkNo}}
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| {{No}}
| {{some|Only [[DOS MZ executable|MZ (DOS)]]<ref>[[New_Executable#DOS_stub|DOS stub of New Executable]]</ref>}}
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