macro

Etymology 1
1933, from, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Very large in scope or scale.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מאקרו־
 * Russian:
 * Telugu:

Etymology 2
Attested 1959, shortened from.

Noun

 * 1)  A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.

Usage notes

 * Often used attributively; a is the syntax for defining new macros; while  refers to the task of replacing the human-friendly version with a machine-readable version; a  is a computer virus written in a macro language. Individual macros are sometimes referred to as, particularly when they accept parameters.
 * The distinction between a and a programming language is imprecise. Often a macro language is designed to allow one to customize one particular program, whereas a programming language is designed for writing entirely new programs.
 * Whereas a is particularly easy to use, widely supported, and designed for normal users, macro systems are normally designed for power users.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: makro
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: μακροεντολή
 * Hebrew: מאקרו
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fjölvaskipun, fjölvi
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 매크로
 * Maori: tonotono
 * Marathi: मॅक्रो
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: makro
 * Nynorsk: makro
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: macro
 * Thai:

Etymology 1
..

Adjective

 * 1)  thin, skinny, scrawny

Etymology 2
From the of various terms.

Etymology 3
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  pimp

Noun

 * 1)   abbreviation of complicated input