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Amiga Hunk
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<p>Hunk is the <a href="/facts/Executable/VSst9eLA">executable</a> <a href="/facts/File_format/qrXbwJaH">file format</a> of tools and programs of the <a href="/facts/AmigaOS/1E2k1fuN">Amiga Operating System</a> based on <a href="/facts/Motorola/ztqczx68">Motorola</a> <a href="/facts/68000/3p2wt2D6">68000</a> <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> and other processors of the same family. The file format was originally defined by MetaComCo. as part of <a href="/facts/TRIPOS/Wrj0r0ma">TRIPOS</a>, which formed the basis for AmigaDOS. This kind of executable got its name from the fact that the software programmed on Amiga is divided in its internal structure into many pieces called <i>hunks</i>, in which every portion could contain either code or data. </p>