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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>macrology</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="maggotbox.html" title="maggotbox"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">macrology</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="maggotbox.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="macrology"/><dt xmlns="" id="macrology"><b>macrology</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mak·rol'@·jee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Set of usually complex or crufty macros, e.g., as part of a large
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system written in <a href="../L/LISP.html"><i class="glossterm">LISP</i></a>, <a href="../T/TECO.html"><i class="glossterm">TECO</i></a>,
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or (less commonly) assembler. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The art and science involved in comprehending a macrology in
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sense 1. Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike
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archeology, ecology, or <a href="../T/theology.html"><i class="glossterm">theology</i></a>, hence the
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sound-alike construction. See also <a href="../B/boxology.html"><i class="glossterm">boxology</i></a>.</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="maggotbox.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"> maggotbox</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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