🤖 Automated command 🌍 Very large scale

macro

40 6.8

A command that automatically runs a set of actions in a program

noun
/ˈmækroʊ/

Specialized

: macro

To improve efficiency, the programmer wrote several macros that streamline data entry.
custom macro
format conversion macro
conversion macro

But in the age of Bluetooth, RGB and macros, should you care?

Examples

First, we need to define new SVC macros for use in user mode programs.
Figure 29 shows the macro power densities for the G5 microprocessor chip.

Academic text (1999)
This thing here is a macro.

Fortress (1992)
Why not just create the macros inside of QMK?
But all of these buttons, these macros are great for editing shortcuts.
And what it does, it tries to make it easier to create macros, editor macros for non programmers.
The few macros that were added to the design were the format converter macros and the rounder macro.

Academic text (1999)
With that macro, you can automate repetitive tasks in your spreadsheet.
By using a macro, you can quickly format multiple documents with just one command.

Synonyms

macro instruction

vsmacro

Specialized

5.1

A single computer command that expands into several commands the computer runs

has identical meaning but is the shorter single-word form

Compounds

macro instruction

Specialized

5.1

A single computer command that expands into several commands the computer runs

How Inlined

inlining

Specialized

1 7.5

macro

Specialized

40 6.8

inline

Specialized

6.9

function call

Specialized

1 4.4

Surface Forms

macro singular

macros plural

Etymology

The computer sense of macro also comes from Greek makros meaning 'large', and it is used for one short command that stands for a large set of steps. Think of a macro like a 'shortcut' or a single button that does many actions for you.