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Mumps vs Pumps - What's the difference?

mumps | pumps |

As nouns the difference between mumps and pumps

is that mumps is a contagious disease caused by the species: Mumps virus of the genus genus: Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck while pumps is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between mumps and pumps

is that mumps is third-person singular of mump while pumps is third-person singular of pump.

As an acronym MUMPS

is massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programing System; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.

mumps

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programing System; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.

    • See also

    * VistA * OpenVistA * * ISM *

    External links

    * (wikipedia "MUMPS") * http://www.va.gov/VistA/ The VA Comprehensive Electronic Health Record System written in MUMPS * Hardhats.org The Support Organization for VistA * Medsphere and OpenVistA Group Supporting Open Source VistA * Intersystems Corporation's Caché Commercial MUMPS Language Vendor * GT.M - Greystone Technology MUMPS Open Source MUMPS on Linux/Unix, Other OS Commercially Available * Another open implementation of MUMPS Reference Project for all Open MUMPS on SourceForge * The FreeM project * Ed de Moel's MUMPS by Example MUMPS Language Quick Reference Online (Free)

    pumps

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (regional) gym shoes
  • A woman's shoe that has medium or high heels and no fastenings.

    • Synonyms

    * plimsolls * daps * trainers

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pump)