self-executing

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ executing.

Adjective

self-executing (not comparable)

1. (law) Needing no legislation to enforce it.
   • 2003, Ruben E. Agpalo, Statutory Construction, page 467:

     The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […]

2. (computing) Consisting of a complete executable package that takes some action with the included data, rather than a pure data file requiring some additional tool to read it.
   • 2005, June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, New Perspectives on Computer Concepts: Comprehensive, page 156:

     Downloadable software can be provided in several different formats. Some automatically install themselves, but others require manual procedures. A downloadable file typically is set up as a self-installing executable file, self-executing zip file, […]

   • 2007, Bill Stackpole, Patrick Hanrion, Software Deployment, Updating, and Patching, page 310:

     The other commonly used method is a self-executing package where the installer and the update are bundled into a single executable.