How to launch an executable file

I recently journeyed into the land of the light and am the brand new owner of a MacBook Pro. Having been a slave to PC's for WAY too long, I am clueless how the mac operates, but a VERY quick learner.
I am have downloaded an executable file that I need for work, but cannot seem to get it to launch to install my program. I know this is very elementary, but we all have to start somewhere.
Thank you!
Shelly
PS - this is only the first elementary question i will have, so if you have a good source for Mac beginners, please share. I haved purchased "Macbook Pro - Portable Genius", but that seems to be more focused on visually arranging my computer.

Shootist007 wrote:
As to the Executable file. Apple Mac OS X does not use Executable files (.exe).
Ahem! Of course it does. Any computer does
<http://foldoc.org/executable>
It's just that, on Mac OS X, the filename extension .exe does not designate an executable, as it does on other platforms. Mac OS X GUI applications have the filename extension .app, but, technically speaking, although they function as the equivalents of .exe files on Win, they are not executables themselves (the executable file being buried inside).
Mac software is usually (but by no means always) distributed as compressed archives (.zip), with which you're familiar from Win, or as disk images (.dmg), which may or may not be compressed. In principle they are similar to .iso disc images on Win. (Btw, a disk is a magnetic medium, while a disc is an optical medium. Now you know how to separate the sheep from the goats.)
s2parks wrote:
we all have to start somewhere.
Switch 101: On Windows, I used to...
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2514>
Mac Tutorials
<http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/work/>
Mac 101
<http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/>
Additionally, David Pogue's Missing Manual is often suggested for beginners. You can also check
Take Control of Switching to the Mac by Scott Knaster
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/switching>

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