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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: macroinstruction 'macro' (20-21 centuries)

macro

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
mac‧ro plural macros [countable]
TDTD a set of instructions for a computer, stored and used as a unit:
You can run a macro to change to US spelling.
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