Definition of Macro

MACRO
1. Assembly language for VAX/VMS.
2. PL/I-like language with extensions for string processing. "MACRO: A Programming Language", S.R. Greenwood, SIGPLAN Notices 14(9):80-91 (Sep 1979).
[Jargon File]

macro
A name (possibly followed by a formal argument list) that is equated to a text or symbolic expression to which it is to be expanded (possibly with the substitution of actual arguments) by a macro expander.
The term "macro" originated in early assemblers, which encouraged the use of macros as a structuring and information-hiding device. During the early 1970s, macro assemblers became ubiquitous, and sometimes quite as powerful and expensive as HLLs, only to fall from favour as improving compiler technology marginalised assembly language programming (see languages of choice). Nowadays the term is most often used in connection with the C preprocessor, Lisp, or one of several special-purpose languages built around a macro-expansion facility (such as TeX or Unix's troff suite).
Indeed, the meaning has drifted enough that the collective "macros" is now sometimes used for code in any special-purpose application control language (whether or not the language is actually translated by text expansion), and for macro-like entities such as the "keyboard macros" supported in some text editors (and PC TSRs or Macintosh INIT/CDEV keyboard enhancers).
(1994-12-06)

macro-
pref. Large. Opposite of micro-. In the mainstream and among other technical cultures (for example, medical people) this competes with the prefix mega-, but hackers tend to restrict the latter to quantification.

Macro
A macro is a series of commands carried out at the request of the user. For example if you repeatedly perform the same tasks every time you open a spreadsheet, you can record your keystrokes, save this as a macro. Next time you open the spreadsheet these keystrokes can be performed by simply running the macro

macro
n. A function of front end applications like The Wizard that allows a person to assign multiple commands to a single key, or keystroke combination. Relatively simple to create and very handy, macros are used by players who need to be able to quickly execute a command, or small set of commands. For example, a person could create a macro which would allow them to do a STANCE OFFENSIVE command, followed immediately by an ATTACK RAT command, which could be executed simply by pressing the F2 key, or Alt+R. Macros are simple and quick, but not as flexible as scripts.
Also see: script, The Wizard Front End, eScape

Macro
(1) A symbol, name, or key that represents a list of commands, actions, or keystrokes. Many programs allow you to create macros so that you can enter a single character or word to perform a whole series of actions. Suppose, for example, that you are editing a file and want to indent every third line five spaces. If your word processor supports macros, you can create one that consists of the following keystrokes:

Move Cursor to Beginning of Line

Move Cursor Down 1 Line

Move Cursor Down 1 Line

Move Cursor Down 1 Line

Insert 5 Spaces

Now you can enter the name of the macro, and the word processor will perform all these commands at once.

You can also use macros to enter words or phrases that you use frequently. For example, you could define a macro to contain all the keystrokes necessary to begin a letter -- your name, address, and a code that inserts the current date. Then, whenever you write a letter, you just press the macro key to include the letter header.
In a way, macros are like simple programs or batch files. Some applications support sophisticated macros that even allow you to use variables and flow control structures such as loops.

(2) In dBASE programs, a macro is a variable that points to another variable where the data is actually stored. In most other applications, this would be called a link.

Macro
A macro is a series of instructions defined so that a program, say Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access, carries out certain operations. As they are programs, they can be affected by viruses. Viruses that use macros to infect are known as macro viruses.

Macro
A series of instructions which would normally be issued one at a time on the keyboard to control a program. A macro facility allows them to be stored and issued automatically by a single keystroke. Also called a script (e.g. in Pagemaker) or batch file (e.g. DOS).

Macro
The ability of a lens to focus very close (less than 8") for taking pictures of small objects at a 1:1 ratio.

Macro-

A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.
  

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Noun
1. a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
(synonym) macro instruction
(hypernym) instruction, command, statement, program line

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Adjective
1. very large in scale or scope or capability; "`macro' in the word `macroscopic' is a combining form"
(similar) large, big
(classification) combining form

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macro-
\mac"ro-\ (?). [gr. makro`s, adj.] a combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.

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Macro-
Prefix from the Greek makros meaning large or long. The opposite of micro-.

macro-
prefix, large.

Macro
Combining form meaning large or abnormal size or length

Macro
large, or pertaining to an entire system; opposite of micro.

MACRO
Monopoles, Astrophysics, and Cosmic Ray Observatory

Macro
A prefix denoting a global perspective, one that views many small phenomena as aggregates (see aggregation ), e.g., macroeconomics, macrolinguistics, as opposed to the concern for the phenomena being aggregated thereby (see micro- ). (Krippendorff )

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