Massachusetts+General+Hospital+Utility+Multi-Programming+System+(MUMPS)


 * Term:** Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS)

Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS), also known as M. is a programming language created by Neil Pappalardo and colleague Dr. Octo Barnett, in an animal lab at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston throughout 1966 and 1967. At first, MUMPS was developed to make writing database driven applications easier, but it did not get widely recognized until it was introduced in the admissions cycle and laboratory test reporting. It predates C and most other popular programming languages of today, yet is still used in many different institutions in different fields. Over the years it has been modified and adapted by different medical communities according to their needs. Not only do hospitals and medical organizations such as the US Veteran’s Administration use MUMPS, but it is also used by large companies like Meditech and GE Healthcare. MUMPS is also widely used in financial applications by many banks and credit unions, making the language truly versatile. Making the database design and building process easier for programmers and using minimal computer resources. Helping the different organizations save time and money.
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 * Many of todays users include:**
 *  Ameritrade
 *  Bank of England
 *  Barclays Bank
 *  Beijing Medical University
 *  British Gas
 *  British Petroleum
 *  Budgens
 *  Carphone Warehouse
 *  Chase Manhattan Bank
 *  Coca Cola and Schweppes
 *  Cornhill Insurance
 *  Department of Health & Social Security UK (DHSS)
 *  Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
 *  Domestic & General
 *  Dow Chemicals
 *  English Tourist Board
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Equity & Law
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Esso
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Games Workshop
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> General Motors
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Grecian Holidays
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Hamburg Ports Authority
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Helsinki University Hospital
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Hoffman La Roche
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Hoverspeed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> ICI
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Indian Health Service
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Istel
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Jewson
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Koor Foods, Israel
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> KPMG
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Legal & General Insurance
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Lloyds Bank
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Meyer International
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Ministry of Defence (UK)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> National Health Service
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> National Westminster Bank
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> New York Stock Exchange
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Psychiatric Institutes of America
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Reed Information Services
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> RIPAS Hospital, Brunei
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Shell
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Smithsonian Institute
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Soviet Parliament
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Swiss Parliament
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Tottenham Hotspurs FC
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Trinity College
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> University of Adelaide
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> University of Cologne
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> US Department of Defense
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Waterford Crystal
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> West Ham United FC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS
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PSL (extension to MUMPS)
 * Related Terminology:**
 * C **
 * SQL **

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS http://www.faqs.org/faqs/m-technology-faq/part1/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.mumps/msg/d4509328a7930487?pli=1
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“Hello, World!" in MUMPS code hello write "Hello, World!",! quit code
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code hello w "Hello, World!",! q code