macrosystem

plural macrosystems

1. computingA programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
2. The larger cultural system in which an individual lives.

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   He called this a process-person-context model and categorized the context as consisting of four interrelated and interacting parts: the microsystem, i.e. face to face social interactions such as with family, friends, neighbours and school; the mesosystem, the interactions between groups categorized by the microsystems such as age, for example, adolescents and parents; the ecosystem, which is the local community or authority to which the adolescent belongs, i.e. the school, the locality in which they live and the workspace, and finally, the macrosystem, which is the entire system in which the adolescent exists and encompasses social mores and economic values and defines and legislates adolescent status and rights.

   2019, Kairen Cullen, The Psychology of Parenting Teenagers, pages 63-64

3. Any large-scale system.

   In defining a mail access protocol, it is important to keep in mind that the client and server form a macrosystem, in which it should be possible to exploit the strong points of both while compensating for each other's weaknesses.

   1988, M. Crispin, RFC 1064: Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 2