Macro (or MACRO) may refer to:

Science and technology

* Macroscopic, subjects visible to the eye *

Macro photography Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography) is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is grea ...

, a type of close-up photography *

Image macro An image macro is a piece of digital media featuring a picture, or artwork, with some form of text superimposed. The text frequently appears at the top and bottom of the image. Image macros are one of the most common forms of internet memes, an ...

, a picture with text superimposed *

Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory MACRO (Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory) was a particle physics experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Abruzzo, Italy. MACRO was proposed by 6 scientific institutions in the United States and 6 Italian ins ...

(MACRO), a particle physics experiment *

Macronutrients A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce. The requirement for dietary nutrient intake applies to animals, plants, fungi, and protists. Nutrients can be incorporated into cells for metabolic purposes or excret ...

, classes of chemical compounds humans consume in the largest quantities (i.e., proteins, fats, and carbohydrates)

Sociology

* Macrosociology, sociology at the national level *

Macroeconomics Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix ''makro-'' meaning "large" + ''economics'') is a branch of economics dealing with performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. For example, using interest rates, taxes, and ...

, economics at a higher level, above individual markets *

Macromanagement Macromanagement is a style of leadership that is hands-off or from afar, allowing employees to have more freedom and control over their own work, while employers may shift focus to strategic long-term goals. Contrary to micromanagement where manag ...

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 In computer programming, a macro (short for "macro instruction"; ) is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input should be mapped to a replacement output. Applying a macro to an input is known as macro expansion. The input and output ...

, a statement, typically for an assembler, that invokes a macro definition to generate a sequence of instructions or other outputs *

Macro key A macro key is a key that was featured on various early PC keyboards and has been removed from most keyboards since. It is typically found on the lower rows of the keyboard, either to the left of the key or to the right of the right . While mo ...

, 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

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

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