(1) A special-purpose command language used to automate sequences within an application such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Macro languages often include programming controls (IF THEN, GOTO, WHILE, etc.), but rarely have the capabilities of a full-blown programming language. See macro recorder, batch file and shell script.
(2) An assembly language that uses macros. See macro.
(2) An assembly language that uses macros. See macro.
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- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2
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- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1
- As I mentioned last week I've started learning more about developing for the Apple iPhone. This week I'll be sharing my experiences during a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Big Nerd Ranch. In particular, I'll be pointing out differences between Android and iPhone development. [Read:...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Collision course for American-owned car makers
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- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Evernote adds offline notes
- One of the biggest drawbacks to the Evernote iPhone client iTunes link was that it lacked offline notes and required an Internet connection to edit notes. Well no more. Evernote solved this problem with Favorites – offline notes for iPhone and iPod Touch. It works like this:...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Why can't kids text in context?
- Most of us big people can send a text message or a quick email from our phones. We abbreviate, use emoticons, and are both adept at and understanding of those terse replies appropriate for text/IM communications. We may not be quite as speedy with our thumbs as our...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuit
- NebuAd, the controversial company that was trying to sell deep-packet inspection technology as a means of delivering more relevant ads, has already had most of the life sucked out of it. Now, a class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco today, could put the final nail...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Marketers, stop the hate! Customers are not the enemy
- Guest editorial by Susan Etlinger Back in the seventeenth century, soldiers would spend the cold winter months in towns and garrisons until the weather cleared enough for them to venture back into the field (in Italian, nella campagna) to resume fighting. And...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Alternative energy still powerful, says report
- Don't give up on alternative energy, says EER. They cite three long-term trends that mean a long and successful future for effective producers of electricity and energy not based on fossil fuels: "The globe is still warming, the earth's fossil fuel resources are still being depleted, and the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Google makes the blogosphere more universal
- I have come across blogs in the past that look very interesting, but are completely unreadable. Poor writing? Not at all, just in another language. On occasion, I have subscribed to these interesting feeds, and when a new article is published, I translate it into English using...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Taking productivity lessons from open source
- Even if your organization doesn't produce software or work with open source development, you can still take some lessons from open source communities -- in particular, how to get work done with fewer meetings and less real-time. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols covers some of the things that outsourcing...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?
- The courtroom tug-of-war between IBM and Mark Papermaster is getting nasty. Papermaster responded Friday to IBM's attempts to prevent him from taking over the iPod unit at Apple. Papermaster argued that IBM doesn't compete with Apple in consumer electronics. IBM reiterated that Papermaster violated a non-compete agreement. Now a judge...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- PowerDock perfect fit for multi-iPod households
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- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- X-Appl Freeware Web Application Browser (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Monitor CPU iSeries AS400 (zip)
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- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Monitor Message iSeries AS400 (zip)
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- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Microsoft to discourage hybrid graphics systems for Windows 7
- Microsoft to discourage hybrid graphics systems for Windows 7Why should we use hybrid graphics?IMO the graphic card manufactures should do something like what the CPUs manufactures do, dynamic adjustment. When in a lower power battery setting the GPU could adjust to a lower clock speed and or voltage, etc.That is...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- The Connected President
- There has been a lot of attention paid, of course, to Obama's use of the Internet in fundraising and volunteer coordination. But now that he's been elected, an even more intriguing possibility arises: The connected president. I received an email in Barack's name...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'
- Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'From what I understand Balmer was at first notimpressed with the iPhone and look at how good its doing:PPagan jimItanalyst2 Calls Ballmer's Fitness Level "Way Behind"Get on a treadmill you hog.RE: Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'Christine Keeler - the prostitute at the heart of...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
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