Macro

From ACT Wiki
Revision as of 16:56, 22 March 2023 by imported>Doug Williamson (Expand first definition.)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigationJump to search

1. Economics.

Abbreviation for macroeconomics, or macroeconomic.


2.

Relating to factors or entities on a larger scale, and usually outside the immediate control of the entity affected.


3. Risk management - portfolio hedging.

Hedging that takes account of natural offsets within a portfolio.


4. Information technology - cybersecurity - malware.

Abbreviation for macro-instruction, or macro-definition.

One form of macro is an automated sequence of instructions, that replaces a repetitive series of manual keyboard strokes.

Macros are often part of cyberattacks.


See also