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Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. Mumps causes
Swelling of the salivary glands follows these symptoms. Swelling of the glands near the jaw line below the ears may give you "chipmunk cheeks." Serious problems are rare, but can include deafness; swelling of the brain, spinal cord, testicles, breasts or ovaries; and pregnancy loss.
You can catch mumps by being with another person who has it. There is no treatment for mumps, but the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine can prevent it. Mumps used to be a common childhood illness. Today it is uncommon, with fewer then 1,000 cases per year on average, because of the vaccine.
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'''MUMPS''', or simply '''M''', is a programming language dedicated to building and managing databases. Whereas in most systems the database is the first-class citizen and a language is added on top, under M this is inverted, the language itself is the primary object, the database a "side effect" of one of the features of the language. M contrasts strongly with most database systems, because the system is much "lower level". For instance, whereas most database systems will include a command to find all the records matching a particular pattern, on an M system you would have to write a program to do this search and collect up the results. As you might imagine, this makes even trivial tasks much more difficult, and has led to a number of M-based programs to act as a database management system and provide these features. For people used to traditional database applications or database management systems, M can be difficult to understand at first. This is offset by its speed and flexibility in dealing with tasks that would cause problems under the relational database model. M has been called ''the best-kept secret in the IT industry''. Much of this secrecy seems self-imposed however: finding good introductory information on M is difficult, and the commercial side of the M market is fractured.
LoChiano, Steve - Programmer in VB, C, COBOL, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, MUMPS, and Databus.
Serum Institute of India Ltd. - Manufacturers triple antigen for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, and formulations for measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B. Includes overview of research, quality assurance, other products, and branches throughout the country.
MUltifrontal Massively Parallel sparse direct Solver (MUMPS) - Fortran 90 package for solving linear systems of equations of the form A*x = b, where the matrix A is sparse and can be either unsymmetric, symmetric positive definite, or general symmetric. Available in various arithmetics (real or complex, single or double), and with or without MPI.
MTRC - has info about the MUMPS (M) computer language. Features include an M Job Opportunities database, the M User Directory, and links about MUMPS.
M Info Source - The Mumps, Cache and M grand central. Home of M Web Magazine. Links, programs, and articles.
MDC (MUMPS Development Committee) - Home Page, MUMPS Language Description, MWAPI, OMI.
Forest Software - A software house specialising in M (Mumps). It was formed in 1983 and can provide systems design, programming and support of M based systems.
Mumps Language Compiler - A free Mumps compiler and interpreter for Linux, Solaris, and Windows.
CDE Software Systems Corp - MUMPS programming available for Intersystems DTM-PC and DT-MAX platforms available to the greater Chicago and Milwaukee metro areas.
Hello, World program - Simple example of MUMPS program.