macro

macro

Instruction informatique courte qui remplace une série plus longue d’instructions.

En anglais simple : A short computer instruction that stands for a longer set of instructions.

• This macro saves the file automatically.
• I recorded a macro to format the table.
• The program expands macros before processing the code.

Expressions courantes : run a macro, record a macro, keyboard macro, macro command

géant

Personne ou personnage immense dans des fantasmes liés à l’attirance pour les géants.

En anglais simple : An unusually huge person or character in fantasies involving attraction to giants.

• The story features a friendly macro.
• She draws macros for fans of giant characters.
• In this fantasy, the macro towers over a city.

Synonymes : giant

Expressions courantes : giant macro, friendly macro, macro character

macro, à grande échelle

Qui concerne un ensemble ou des phénomènes de très grande ampleur.

En anglais simple : Relating to something as a whole or on a very large scale.

• We study changes at the macro level.
• The report takes a macro view of the economy.
• Macro trends can hide important local differences.

Synonymes : large-scale, overall

Contraires : micro

Expressions courantes : macro level, macro scale, macro perspective

utiliser des macros

Utiliser un raccourci informatique qui exécute plusieurs instructions.

En anglais simple : To use a computer shortcut that carries out several instructions.

• Some players macro to avoid repeated key presses.
• He macroed during the game to save time.
• Do you macro when playing online?

Expressions courantes : macro in games, macro with something

automatiser par macro

Faire exécuter automatiquement une tâche par l’ordinateur grâce à un raccourci regroupant plusieurs instructions.

En anglais simple : To make a computer perform a task using a shortcut for several instructions.

• You can macro this task.
• She macroed the repeated steps into one command.
• Can we macro the whole sequence?

Comment l'utiliser : macro something (You can macro those commands to save time.)

Synonymes : automate

Expressions courantes : macro a task, macro an action, macro a sequence