English Dictionary
macron
n : a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a
long sound
English Computing Dictionary
MACRO
1. Assembly language for {VAX/VMS}.
2. {PL/I}-like language with extensions for string processing.
"MACRO: A Programming Language", S.R. Greenwood, SIGPLAN
Notices 14(9):80-91 (Sep 1979).
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