Macro vs. Procedure — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Macro and Procedure
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Macro
A single instruction that expands automatically into a set of instructions to perform a particular task.
Procedure
An established or official way of doing something
The police are now reviewing procedures
Parliamentary procedure
Macro
A macro lens.
Procedure
A manner of proceeding; a way of performing or effecting something
Standard procedure.
Macro
Large-scale; overall
The analysis of social events at the macro level
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Procedure
A series of steps taken to accomplish an end
A medical procedure.
Evacuation procedures.
Macro
Relating to macrophotography
Your lens has a macro setting for shooting big close-ups
Procedure
(Computers) A set of instructions that performs a specific task; a subroutine or function.
Macro
Of great size; large.
Procedure
A set of established forms or methods for conducting the affairs of an organized body such as a business, club, or government.
Macro
Large in scope or extent; large-scale
A macro analysis of many reports.
Procedure
(Law) The set of rules under which litigation is conducted, especially in contrast to the set of substantive legal principles that determine the merits of legal controversies and disputes.
Macro
A single, user-defined command that is part of an application and executes a series of commands.
Procedure
A particular method for performing a task.
Macro
A shorthand representation for a number of lines of code.
Procedure
A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
Macro
Very large in scope or scale.
Procedure
(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.
Macro
Clipping of macrobiotic
Procedure
The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Macro
Clipping of macronutrient
Procedure
(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
Macro
Clipping of macroeconomics
Procedure
(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
Macro
(programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.
Procedure
(medicine) A surgical operation.
Macro
A single computer instruction which symbolizes, and is converted at the time of program execution or by a compiler into, a series of instructions in the same computer language.
Procedure
The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
Macro
A keystroke (or combination of keystrokes) which symbolizes and is replaced by a series of keystrokes; - a convenient feature of some advanced programs, such as word processors or database programs, which allows a user to rapidly execute any series of operations which may be performed multiple times. Such macros may typically be defined by the program user, without rewriting or recompiling the program.
Procedure
A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Macro
Very large in scale or scope or capability; as, macroeconomics.
Procedure
That which results; issue; product.
Macro
A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
Procedure
A particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
The procedure of obtaining a driver's license
It was a process of trial and error
Macro
Very large in scale or scope or capability;
`macro' in the word `macroscopic' is a combining form
Procedure
A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
The operations in building a house
Certain machine tool operations
Procedure
A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Procedure
A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
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