Macro

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)

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

People

• Naevius Sutorius Macro (21 BC – 38 AD), praetorian prefect in the Roman Empire

Other uses

• Macro practice or community practice, a type of social work
• Macrobiotics, a diet and lifestyle based on eating natural, organic food
• Macroeconomics, economics at a higher level, above individual markets
• Macromanagement, or managing managers
• Macrosociology, sociology at the national level
• Macro Recordings, a German electronic music label
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO), Italy

See also

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