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# Section 1.2: Fundamentals #

## Anatomy of a Windows PE C program ##

Typical windows programs are in the Portable Executable (PE) Format. It’s portable because it contains information, resources, and references to dynamic-linked libraries (DLL) that allows windows to load and execute the machine code. 

![alt text](https://securedorg.github.io/images/Cprogram.gif "C Program")

## Windows Architecture ##

![alt text](https://securedorg.github.io/images/WindowsArch.png "Windows Architecture")

## PE Header ##

![alt text](https://securedorg.github.io/images/PE32.png "PE 32 Header")

![alt text](https://securedorg.github.io/images/PEHeader.gif "PE 32 Header Animated")

## Memory Layout ##

## The Stack ##

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