noun
Obsolete computing term for a program that can be loaded at different memory addresses. Replaced by modern terms like リロケータブルプログラム or simply リロケータブル.
相対形式プログラムは、昔のメインフレームで使われていた概念だ。
Relocatable programs were a concept used on old mainframes.
Modern loanword equivalent; more common in current computing contexts.
Compound of 相対 (relative) + 形式 (format) + プログラム (program), calque of English 'relocatable program'. The term is now obsolete.