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Why is an executable called a "text file"?

In the course of updating software today I got the error "Text file busy", which got me wondering: Why is a Unix (or Linux) executable called a "text" file when that seems so counterintuitive and ...
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Unable to run an executable built with NASM

I am attempting to assemble the assembly source file below using the following NASM command: nasm -f elf -o test.o test.asm This completes without errors and I then try to link an executable with ld: ...
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