macro

mac·ro  (mkr)

adj.

1. Of great size; large.

2. Large in scope or extent; large-scale: a macro analysis of many reports.

n. pl. mac·ros Computer Science

1. A single, user-defined command that is part of an application and executes a series of commands.

2. A shorthand representation for a number of lines of code.

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[Short for macroinstruction.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	macro - a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language macro instruction program line, instruction, statement, command - (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
Adj.	1.	macro - very large in scale or scope or capability big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"