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The Sections display shows the all the sections in the PE file.

 

Sections are also known as segments, often mentioned in MAP files and in the context of debugging information.
 
Symbol information is often provided as an offset and a segment. The symbol address is the module load address + the segment offset inside the dll, plus the symbol offset inside the segment.

 

 

 uiSections

 

Segment

The segment identifier.

 

Name

The section name.

 

Relocations

The number of relocations in this section.

 

Line Numbers

The number of line numbers in this section.

 

Physical

The physical address of this section.

 

Virtual

The virtual address of this section.

 

Size

The size of this section.

 

Characteristics

The characteristics of this section. This is a bitmask. Many values can apply at the same time. Some of these values are obsolete.

Code

Init data

Uninit data

Comments/info

Not part of image

COMDAT

Reset speculative exception

GP relative data

FAR data

Purgeable data

16 bit data

Locked data

Preloadable data

Extended relocations

Discardable

Not cacheable

Not pageable

Shareable

Executable

Readable

Writeable

Alignment:1

Alignment:2

Alignment:4

Alignment:8

Alignment:16

Alignment:32

Alignment:64

Alignment:128

Alignment:256

Alignment:512

Alignment:1024

Alignment:2048

Alignment:4096

Alignment:8192

 

The alignment values are exclusive. Only one alignment value can be applied.

 

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