A nAme (possibly followed by A <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=formAl Argument">formAl ArgumentA> list) thAt is equAted to A text or symbolic expression to which it is to be expAnded (possibly with the substitution of {ActuAl Arguments}) by A mAcro expAnder. The term "mAcro" originAted in eArly <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=Assembler">AssemblerA>s, which encourAged the use of mAcros As A structuring And informAtion-hiding device. During the eArly 1970s, mAcro Assemblers becAme ubiquitous, And sometimes quite As powerful And expensive As <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=HLL">HLLA>s, only to fAll from fAvour As improving <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=compiler">compilerA> technology mArginAlised <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=Assembly lAnguAge">Assembly lAnguAgeA> progrAmming (see <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=lAnguAges of choice">lAnguAges of choiceA>). NowAdAys the term is most often used in connection with the <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=C preprocessor">C preprocessorA>, <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=Lisp">LispA>, or one of severAl speciAl-purpose lAnguAges built Around A mAcro-expAnsion fAcility (such As <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=TeX">TeXA> or <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=Unix">UnixA>' s <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=troff">troffA> suite). Indeed, the meAning hAs drifted enough thAt the collective "mAcros" is now sometimes used for code in Any speciAl-purpose ApplicAtion control lAnguAge (whether or not the lAnguAge is ActuAlly trAnslAted by text expAnsion), And for mAcro-like entities such As the "keyboArd mAcros" supported in some text editors (And <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=PC">PCA> <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=TSR">TSRA>s or <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=MAcintosh">MAcintoshA> INIT/CDEV keyboArd enhAncers). (1994-12-06)

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href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=849">AssemblerA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=853">Assembly lAnguAgeA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">AtA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=996">AvA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1026">bA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1181">beA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1269">biA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1444">boA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1446">boAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1447">boArdA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1606">bsA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1695">byA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1708">CA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1724">cAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1863">cAtA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1913">CDA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1919">CDEA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2001">chA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2099">ciA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2247">coA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2273">codeA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2330">comA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2429">compilerA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2545">conA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2594">connectA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2656">controlA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2780">C preprocessorA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2791">crA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2976">DA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3151">deA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3327">deviceA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3436">dingA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3752">duA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3834">EA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3865">ecA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3896">edA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3929">eeA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4148">erA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4150">erAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4171">esA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4199">etA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4317">expressionA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4497">fiA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4520">fileA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4700">foA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4727">forA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4744">formAl ArgumentA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4828">frA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5057">geA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5134">ghA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5141">giA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5291">grA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5403">guA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5430">gyA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5434">hA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5540">hAtA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5672">HLLA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5681">hnA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5768">hrA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5931">idA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5956">ieA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6013">ilA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6064">inA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6194">intA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6413">ioA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6446">iqA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6482">isA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6557">ITA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">itA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6789">keA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6802">keyA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6803">keyboArdA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6918">lAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6950">lAnguAgeA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6959">lAnguAges of choiceA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7091">LexA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7107">liA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7203">LispA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7220">listA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7245">LLA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7410">ltA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7441">lyA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7457">MA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7463">mAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7465">MAcA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7506">mAcro-A> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7613">mArginAlA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8019">mmA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8032">moA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8040">modA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8079">moduleA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8167">mpA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8384">NA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8386">nAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8460">ncA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8472">neA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8622">nfA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8627">ngA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8630">niA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8660">nlA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8672">nnA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8675">noA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8760">nsA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8964">omA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9204">pAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9390">PCA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9457">peA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9550">phA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9651">plA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9821">portA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9908">prA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9934">preprocessorA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9995">processA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10001">processorA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10023">progrAmA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10042">progrAmmingA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10253">queryA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10364">rcA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10385">reA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10754">rlA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10767">roA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10778">roffA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10887">ruA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10918">SA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11150">seA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11314">shA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11376">siA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11525">slA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11651">soA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11790">specA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11908">SRA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11934">stA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12109">structA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12133">suA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12162">suitA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12206">supportA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12246">syA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12359">TA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12474">technologyA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12567">textA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12569">text editorA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12588">thA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12721">toA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12787">trA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12866">troffA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12886">TSA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12894">TSRA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12986">uAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13008">ugA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13030">umA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13146">upA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13175">usA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13229">VA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13310">veA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13366">viA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13891">XA> ]