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Virtual eXecutable Archive

A Virtual eXecutable Archive packages decoding programs with encoded content for execution in a specified virtual environment.

Related Observatory article: Virtual eXecutable Archive on hesela.com

The FAST 2005 prototype used restricted x86-32 decoders. Its goal was future access to compressed information, not preservation of every application's semantics. [1]

Relations

related
compression-dictionary, restore-test, cold-archive

Citations

  1. Bryan Ford: VXA: A Virtual Architecture for Durable Compressed Archives, FAST 2005, sections 2 and 5 (accessed 2026-10-17)

Further reading

  1. Hesela: Compressed archives, dictionary dependencies and validation coverage (accessed 2026-10-17)
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