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Exe may refer to multiple things, including a river in southwest England and the Windows file extension for executable programs.

The River Exe is a river in Devon, England. It rises on Dartmoor and flows generally east-southeast toward Exeter, where it reaches the Exe Estuary and ultimately the English Channel at Exmouth. The river is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) long. Its tidal estuary supports boating, fishing, and a variety of wildlife, and the lower valley has long linked inland settlements with maritime trade. The Exe has played a significant role in the region’s history, contributing to the development of settlements along its banks and shaping local industry and transportation.

The Windows executable file extension .exe denotes a program or binary file that contains machine code to be executed by the operating system. It is a standard format on MS-DOS and Windows platforms and is typically launched by double-clicking or via a command line. Executables may include resources such as icons and embedded libraries and can be used to run software ranging from simple utilities to large applications. They can pose security risks if downloaded from untrusted sources, and users are advised to run reputable software and maintain up-to-date security protections.