What are EXE files made of?

Almost everyone has opened an EXE file in a text editor and been mystified by the apparent nonsense. How does a computer make sense of it? Let’s uncover the illusion.

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AMD64 programmer’s manual:
https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/24592.pdf
https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/24593.pdf
https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/24594.pdf
http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/26568_APM_v41.pdf
https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/26569_APM_V5.pdf
https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/43479.pdf
8086 datasheet:
http://www.nj7p.org/Manuals/PDFs/Intel/231456-006.pdf

What I wore during the Tandy1000 filming (should have used black gloves too):
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9fvUsZ
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000388200168.html
They also have a cool Tandy 1000 shirt for sale:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Af09VB

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That’s numberwang!

The flying numbers animation is from AllDesignCreative, by V. Sudharsan.

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