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MUMPS, or Massively Parallel Universal Multi-Processing System, is a high-level programming language that is designed for use in massively parallel computing environments. MUMPS was originally developed in the 1960s at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA, USA. The language was designed to be easily learned and used by medical personnel who were not trained in computer science. MUMPS is a free-form programming language; that is, there are no rules about how programs must be structured. This freedom allows programmers to develop programs in any way that is most efficient for the task at hand. MUMPS programs are typically organized into modules, which can be thought of as self-contained subroutines. Modules can be written in any programming language and can be called from other modules written in the same or a different language. MUMPS has been ported to many different computer architectures, including mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, and PCs. The language is also available on a variety of operating systems, such as Unix, VMS, and Windows. MUMPS is a very efficient language for handling large amounts of data. It is particularly well suited for applications that require rapid access to data, such as databases. MUMPS programs are typically much faster than programs written in other languages, such as C or FORTRAN. MUMPS is an interpreted language, which means that programs are not compiled into machine code. Instead, they are executed by a MUMPS interpreter, which translates the program into machine code as it is executed. This makes MUMPS programs portable; that is, they can be run on any computer that has a MUMPS interpreter. MUMPS is a very versatile language. It can be used for a wide variety of applications, such as database management, word processing, and scientific computing. MUMPS is also used extensively in the healthcare industry, for applications such as electronic medical records and hospital information systems.