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MACROGENERATING PROGRAM [1 record]

Record 1 2003-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A module, often part of an assembler or compiler, that replaces each macroinstruction or macrocall in a source program with the corresponding macrodefinition.

DEF

A computer program that replaces macroinstructions in the source language with the defined sequence of instructions in the source language.

OBS

macrogenerator: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC.

Key term(s)
  • macro generating program
  • macro-generator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Unité de programme, souvent incluse dans un assembleur ou un compilateur, qui remplace chaque macro-instruction ou chaque appel de macro d'un programme source par la macrodéfinition correspondante.

OBS

macrogénérateur : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Tipo particular de programa generador, diseñado para la construcción de grupos de instrucciones en lenguaje objeto, correspondientes a una macroinstrucción dada en el lenguaje fuente básico.

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