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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>macro-</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="macro.html" title="macro"/><link rel="next" href="macrology.html" title="macrology"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">macro-</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="macro.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="macrology.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="macro-"/><dt xmlns="" id="macro-"><b>macro-</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pref.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Large. Opposite of <a href="micro-.html"><i class="glossterm">micro-</i></a>. In the
mainstream and among other technical cultures (for example, medical people)
this competes with the prefix <a href="mega-.html"><i class="glossterm">mega-</i></a>, but hackers
tend to restrict the latter to quantification.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="macro.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="macrology.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">macro </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> macrology</td></tr></table></div></body></html>