ELF Hello World Tutorial Section header table by 
Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-05-21 +Created 1970-01-01
Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-05-21 +Created 1970-01-01Array of
Elf64_Shdr structs.Each entry contains metadata about a given section.
e_shoff of the ELF header gives the starting position, 0x40 here.So the table takes bytes from 0x40 to
0x40 + 7 + 0x40 - 1 = 0x1FF.Some section names are reserved for certain section types: www.sco.com/developers/gabi/2003-12-17/ch4.sheader.html#special_sections e.g.
.text requires a SHT_PROGBITS type and SHF_ALLOC + SHF_EXECINSTRRunning:outputs:
readelf -S hello_world.oThere are 7 section headers, starting at offset 0x40:
Section Headers:
[Nr] Name Type Address Offset
Size EntSize Flags Link Info Align
[ 0] NULL 0000000000000000 00000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0 0 0
[ 1] .data PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000200
000000000000000d 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 4
[ 2] .text PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000210
0000000000000027 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 16
[ 3] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 00000240
0000000000000032 0000000000000000 0 0 1
[ 4] .symtab SYMTAB 0000000000000000 00000280
00000000000000a8 0000000000000018 5 6 4
[ 5] .strtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 00000330
0000000000000034 0000000000000000 0 0 1
[ 6] .rela.text RELA 0000000000000000 00000370
0000000000000018 0000000000000018 4 2 4
Key to Flags:
W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings), l (large)
I (info), L (link order), G (group), T (TLS), E (exclude), x (unknown)
O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)The
struct represented by each entry is:typedef struct {
Elf64_Word sh_name;
Elf64_Word sh_type;
Elf64_Xword sh_flags;
Elf64_Addr sh_addr;
Elf64_Off sh_offset;
Elf64_Xword sh_size;
Elf64_Word sh_link;
Elf64_Word sh_info;
Elf64_Xword sh_addralign;
Elf64_Xword sh_entsize;
} Elf64_Shdr; Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-05-21 +Created 1970-01-01
Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-05-21 +Created 1970-01-01
Analogous problem to the secondary structure of proteins. Likely a bit simpler due to the strong tendency for complementary pairs to bind.
ELF Hello World Tutorial Dynamic section by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-05-21 +Created 1970-01-01
Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-05-21 +Created 1970-01-01Contains a lot of different flag masks.
file 5.36 however does use it to display file type as explained at: stackoverflow.com/questions/34519521/why-does-gcc-create-a-shared-object-instead-of-an-executable-binary-according-to/55704865#55704865Subtle is the Lord by Abraham Pais (1982) page 22 mentions that when Einstein saw this in 1915, he was so excited he couldn't work for three days.
A single operon may produce multiple different transcription units depending on certain conditions, see: operon vs transcription unit.
For an example, see E. Coli K-12 MG1655 operon thrLABC.
Multiple different transcription units can be produced by a single operon, see: operon vs transcription unit.
As of 2019, the Standard Model and general relativity are incompatible. Once those are unified, we will have one equation to describe the entirety of physics.
There are also however also unsolved problems in electroweak interaction + strong interaction, which if achieved is referred to as a Grand Unified Theory. Reaching a GUT is considered a sensible intermediate step before TOE.
The current state of Physics has been the result of several previous unifications as shown at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything#Conventional_sequence_of_theories so it is expected that this last missing unification is likely to happen one day, potentially conditional on humanity having enough energy to observe new phenomena.
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