A macro is a name or identifier that represents a (usually larger) combination of other names, identifiers, or symbols. Typically these represented identifiers will be a list of commands or program code. Macros have two similar but subtly different...

The term action is associated with macros, and has several meanings. First, an action is the basic building block of a macro. A macro is typically written as a multi-step process, where each line represents an action, or a task that is performed. When...

(from Greek, makros: long or great) A prefix indicating a large size. Unlike its complementary term, micro-, macro- has no fixed meaning. It is often mistakenly equated with the prefix mega- meaning one million times; see SI...

Macro may refer to: Macro (computer science) (for macroinstruction), a computer science term for a set of instructions that is represented in an abbreviated format. Macro photography, a type of close-up photography image macro, a picture with text...

This week the computer virus Melissa tore through cyberspace -- a reminder that the trick with viruses is learning to live with them. Ideally, virus authors would always be caught, as 30-year-old David Smith, the alleged author of Melissa, was yesterday. But this...

The incidence of virus attacks is continuing to increase. A recent survey by the National Computer Security Association showed that virus infection had doubled in 1997 when compared with 1996. This increase is largely due to the appearance of the macro virus. Previous...

The circus might not come to town anymore.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is threatening to bypass P.T. Barnum's home state if Connecticut's legislature passes a bill prohibiting the use of an elephant-herding tool known as a bullhook.Animal rights activists say the hooks can...