Associations to the word «Macro»

Wiktionary

MACRO, adjective. Very large in scope or scale.
MACRO, adjective. (cooking) (colloquial) macrobiotic
MACRO, noun. (programming) (computing) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complicated input to a computer program.
MACRO, noun. (photography) macro lens
MACRO EXPANSION, noun. (computing) The source code (assembler or other language) created by interpretation of a macro
MACRO EXPANSIONS, noun. Plural of macro expansion
MACRO LANGUAGE, noun. (computing) Any programming language that encapsulates the state and operations inside objects, but especially an extension to an assembly language in which macroinstructions, containing a series of instructions, may be written
MACRO LANGUAGES, noun. Plural of macro language
MACRO LENS, noun. (photography) A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.
MACRO LENSES, noun. Plural of macro lens
MACRO LEVEL ORIENTATION, noun. That part of sociology that characterizes society as a whole

Dictionary definition

MACRO, noun. A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language.
MACRO, adjective. Very large in scale or scope or capability.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky