Macro

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Macro (or MACRO) may refer to:

Science and technology

• Macroscopic, subjects visible to the eye
• Macro photography, a type of close-up photography
• Image macro, a picture with text superimposed
• Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory (MACRO), a particle physics experiment
• Macronutrients, classes of chemical compounds humans consume in the largest quantities (i.e., proteins, fats, and carbohydrates)

Sociology

• Macrosociology, sociology at the national level
• Macroeconomics, economics at a higher level, above individual markets
• Macromanagement in business, the idea of "managing from afar"

Computing

• Macro (computer science), a set of instructions that is represented in an abbreviated format
• Macro instruction, a statement, typically for an assembler, that invokes a macro definition to generate a sequence of instructions or other outputs
• Macro key, a key found on some keyboards, particularly older keyboards.

Media and entertainment

• Macromanagement (gameplay), high-level decision making in games
• Macro Recordings, a German electronic music label
• Macro analysis of chords and chord progressions
• Macro, an album by Jinjer

Other uses

• Macro practice or community practice, a type of social work
• Macrobiotics, a diet and lifestyle based on eating natural, organic food
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO), Italy
• Cox Macro (1686–1767), English Anglican priest and antiquarian
• Naevius Sutorius Macro (21 BC – 38 AD), praetorian prefect in the Roman Empire

See also

• Makro, a retail brand
• Micro (disambiguation)
• Mikro (disambiguation)
• Large (disambiguation) (macro: a Greek prefix meaning long or large)
• List of commonly used taxonomic affixes

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This page was last edited on 8 June 2024, at 20:04