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1923 play by Elmer Rice
The Adding Machine is a 1923 play by Elmer Rice. The 2007 Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama called it "a landmark of American Expressionism, reflecting
The_Adding_Machine
Type of mechanical calculator designed to perform basic arithmetic
An adding machine is a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations. Consequently, the earliest adding machines were
Adding_machine
Musical
Adding Machine is a musical with music by Joshua Schmidt, and book and lyrics by Schmidt and Jason Loewith. It is an adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play
Adding_Machine_(musical)
American computer company
Burroughs. The company's history paralleled many of the major developments in computing. At its start, it produced mechanical adding machines, and later
Burroughs_Corporation
US musical group
Major Organ and the Adding Machine is an Elephant 6 supergroup led by the elusive and possibly fictional Major Organ. The liner notes of the band's debut
Major Organ and the Adding Machine
Major_Organ_and_the_Adding_Machine
Topics referred to by the same term
An adding machine is a form of calculator. Adding machine may also refer to: The Adding Machine, 1923 play by Elmer Rice The Adding Machine (film), 1969
Adding machine (disambiguation)
Adding_machine_(disambiguation)
1969 British film by Jerome Epstein
The Adding Machine is a 1969 British fantasy comedy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein and starring Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller
The_Adding_Machine_(film)
1985 essay collection by William S. Burroughs
The Adding Machine: Collected Essays is a collection of essays written by Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs. This collection was first published
The Adding Machine: Collected Essays
The_Adding_Machine:_Collected_Essays
United States historic place
10-key adding machine. The machine was a breakthrough for its time because it dramatically modernized computing. Earlier key driven adding machines, like
Standard Adding Machine Company
Standard_Adding_Machine_Company
American technology company
primarily throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico through independent office supply dealers. Victor Adding Machine Co. was a fledgling company
Victor_Technology
Mechanical machine for arithmetic operations for absolute calculators
Samuel Morland invented a machine designed to add sums of money, but it was not a true adding machine since the carry was added to a small carry wheel situated
Mechanical_calculator
These are sometimes referred to as adding machines. The simplest is illustrated with the Bernoulli process. This is the set of all infinite strings in two
Markov_odometer
Digital archive by the Internet Archive
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco
Wayback_Machine
American musician (born 1970)
people involved in the Major Organ and the Adding Machine act, a short film by the same name was curated. Mangum contributed to the soundtrack (which is
Jeff_Mangum
American rock band
Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1991. It consisted
Rage_Against_the_Machine
Powered mechanical device
A machine is a thermodynamic system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial
Machine
Difference between input value and market value
Social Accounting Systems. What Does Value Add Mean? Value Add - Your Value Add is what Matters to Your Company Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
Value_added
Home computer and electronics manufacturer
to its products and established Everest Office Machines in Toronto in 1955. By 1958, the adding machine business was slowing. Tramiel made a connection
Commodore_International
German astronomer and computing pioneer
capacity by ringing a bell. The adding machine in the base was primarily provided to assist in the difficult task of adding or multiplying two multi-digit
Wilhelm_Schickard
Line of gaming PCs
Steam Machines are a discontinued family of small form factor gaming computers, designed to operate SteamOS and the digital Steam storefront, and provide
Steam_Machine
Computation model defining an abstract machine
to a table of rules. Despite the model's simplicity, it is capable of implementing any computer algorithm. The machine operates on an infinite memory
Turing_machine
Video game series
The Incredible Machine (TIM) is a series of computer games in which players create a series of Rube Goldberg devices. They were originally designed and
The_Incredible_Machine
Casino gambling machine
on the wheels. Later, a similar machine called the Operator's Bell was produced that included the option of adding a gum-vending attachment. As the gum
Slot_machine
American playwright (1892–1967)
1967) was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life
Elmer_Rice
Australian children's television show
Just Add Water. H2O: Just Add Water Archived 30 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine – ZDF Enterprises promotional website H2O: Just Add Water at the Australian
H2O:_Just_Add_Water
2025 film by Benny Safdie
The Smashing Machine is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film, written and directed by Benny Safdie. It stars Dwayne Johnson as former amateur
The Smashing Machine (2025 film)
The_Smashing_Machine_(2025_film)
1895 dystopian science fiction novella by H. G. Wells
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the
The_Time_Machine
designer. He is known for the musicals Adding Machine, A Minister's Wife, Midwestern Gothic, and musical film The End. Adding Machine (2007, Jason Loewith
Joshua_Schmidt
Examples include: Tabulating machine Accounting machine Adding machine Typewriter Computer Photocopier International Business Machines, better known as IBM John
Business_machine
American musician (born 1972)
Smoke Machine (Bar/None; CD; 1994) With Major Organ and the Adding Machine Christmas in Stereo (Kindercore; CD; 1997) Major Organ and the Adding Machine (Orange
Julian_Koster
Machine that washes clothes
washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, or washer) is a machine designed to launder clothing. The term is mostly applied to machines that use
Washing_machine
Arithmetic operation
used in Sumer. Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator in 1642; it was the first operational adding machine. Pascal's calculator was limited by
Addition
Form of consumption tax
be increase to 15% from 5% as of July 2020. Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine The dictionary definition of value added tax at Wiktionary
Value-added_tax
American actor and director
his direction of The Adding Machine. In 2018, Cromer won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band's Visit. Born the third of four sons
David_Cromer
Machine which dispenses products to customers
platforms. The idea of adding games to these machines as a further incentive to buy came in 1897 when the Pulver Manufacturing Company added small figures, which
Vending_machine
2026 Australian American film
staff sergeant who encounters an otherworldly killing machine while on a grueling training exercise. The film was given a very limited theatrical release in
War_Machine_(2026_film)
German cipher machine during World War II
The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication
Enigma_machine
Communication between devices
e-maintenance machine network add up improve the maintenance efficiency and transparency significantly. As described in, The framework of e-maintenance machine network
Machine_to_machine
1978 studio album by Kraftwerk
NME stated that "The Man-Machine stands as one of the pinnacles of 70's rock music", adding that "the sparsity of the lyrics leaves the emphasis squarely
The_Man-Machine
President of the J. Boyer Machine Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. He helped William Seward Burroughs I develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first
Joseph_Boyer
Production of static electricity by friction of a fluid
12-inch (300 mm) sparks. The electrical charge on the steam was positive, although Faraday discovered that adding turpentine to the water produced a negative
Armstrong_effect
First electronic stored-program computer, 1948
The Manchester Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built at the Victoria
Manchester_Baby
American novelist (1947–1981)
bears the name of his father, William S. Burroughs, as well as his great-grandfather, William Seward Burroughs I, the inventor of the Burroughs adding machine
William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
Italian polymath (1452–1519)
fighting vehicle, concentrated solar power, a ratio machine that could be used in an adding machine, and the double hull. Relatively few of his designs were
Leonardo_da_Vinci
Fully automatic firearm
caliber or form factor. While technical use of the term "machine gun" has varied, the modern definition used by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers'
Machine_gun
1968 studio album by The Soft Machine
The Soft Machine (also titled Volume One as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in December 1968
The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)
The_Soft_Machine_(Soft_Machine_album)
Device used for calculations
developed, with the introduction of the Dalton Adding Machine, developed by James L. Dalton in the United States. In 1921, Edith Clarke invented the "Clarke calculator"
Calculator
Software modules to extend Firefox web browsers
For Mozilla software, an add-on is a software component that extends the functionality of the Firefox web browser and related applications – although most
Add-on_(Mozilla)
Finite-state machine whose output values are determined only by its current state
using XOR binary adding machine clocked sequential systems (a restricted form of Moore machine where the state changes only when the global clock signal
Moore_machine
Gatling-type Multiple-barrel firearm
The Glagolev-Shipunov-Gryazev GShG-7.62 (Russian: Глаголев-Шипунов-Грязев ГШГ-7,62) is a four-barreled rotary machine gun designed in the Soviet Union
GShG-7.62_machine_gun
2024 single by Linkin Park
"The Emptiness Machine" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album, From Zero
The_Emptiness_Machine
1981 novel by William S. Burroughs
Dollars". The Adding Machine: Selected Essays (Revised ed.). New York: Arcade Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 9781559702102. "The Picatrix and the Invocation
Cities_of_the_Red_Night
Common metal-type printing error
many works, including Elmer Rice's 1923 play The Adding Machine, Thomas Pynchon's early short story The Secret Integration (1962), Max Shulman's 1944
Etaoin_shrdlu
Adding machine manufacturer
machines produced by Burroughs. By contrast, Dalton Adding Machine and the Standard Adding Machine Company had more modern ten-key keyboards. By 1910 Burroughs
American_Arithmometer_Company
Industrial machine used in the pulp and paper industry
A paper machine (or papermachine or paper-making machine) is an industrial machine which is used in the pulp and paper industry to create paper in large
Paper_machine
Line of machineguns by Hotchkiss
The Hotchkiss machine gun was any of a line of products developed and sold by Hotchkiss et Cie, (full name Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements
Hotchkiss_machine_gun
American musician
BandCamp. Retrieved January 4, 2025. Major Organ and the Adding Machine – Major Organ and the Adding Machine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved
Robert_Schneider
Machine used to stitch fabric
A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution
Sewing_machine
American businessman and Holocaust survivor (1928–2012)
$400,000 and using the money to re-launch the company in the adding machine business, which was profitable for a time before the Japanese entered that
Jack_Tramiel
Hong Kong English expression
Cantonese text for the phrase, when read sideways, appears to be the Chinese text saying 'Hong Kong'. Local artists set up the "add oil machine", a wall along
Add_oil
.50-caliber heavy machine gun
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50-caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by
M2_Browning
Theatrical genre
shortly after with the premier of his expressionist play The Adding Machine in 1923. These playwrights and many others within the United States went on
Expressionism_(theatre)
Exercise machine used for weight training
lever, adding further simple machines to the mechanical chain. Usually, each plate is marked with a number. On some machines these numbers give the actual
Weight_machine
Business management term of the 1980s
Value Added accounting methods, which were held in low esteem by some Lean advocates, and high esteem by others. Added value Value added The Machine That
No_value_added
Device used to brew espresso coffee
espresso machine may even incorporate a built-in coffee grinder, and, in the case of a superautomatic machine, mechanisms for automating the entire process
Espresso_machine
System of graphical symbols for colors
Wayback Machine "Education". Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. "Transport". Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. "ColorAdd no Metro"
ColorADD
Control device attached to weaving looms
rather refers to the added control mechanism that automates the patterning. The process can also be used for patterned knitwear and machine-knitted textiles
Jacquard_machine
Light machine gun
The Bren gun (Brno-Enfield) was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by the United Kingdom in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While
Bren_light_machine_gun
Electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other
Drum_machine
Machine learning technique
In machine learning, attention is a method that determines the importance of each component in a sequence relative to the other components in that sequence
Attention_(machine_learning)
Back to the Future time travel vehicle
2021, the time machine was added to the Library of Congress's National Historic Vehicle Register. During the development of Back to the Future, the time
DeLorean_time_machine
Software component that extends the functionality of existing software
third-party developers to extend an application Support easily adding new features Reduce the size of an application by not loading unused features Separate
Plug-in_(computing)
Russian general-purpose machine gun and its variants
The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, romanized: Pulemyot Kalashnikova, lit. 'Kalashnikov's machine gun'), is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered
PK_machine_gun
Machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials
but rather about adding it, are done by machines that are likely to end up labeled, in some cases, as machine tools. In fact, machine tool builders are
Machine_tool
Key-driven mechanical calculator
This created the link between the mechanical calculator industries and the electronic. Although the comptometer was primarily an adding machine, it could
Comptometer
Paris-based AI startup
Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs is a Paris-based artificial intelligence research laboratory co-founded by Yann LeCun, the former Chief AI Scientist
Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs
Advanced_Machine_Intelligence_Labs
Moral behaviours of man-made machines
concerned with adding or ensuring moral behaviors of man-made machines that use artificial intelligence (AI), otherwise known as AI agents. Machine ethics differs
Machine_ethics
American company
Originally known as the Monroe Calculating Machine Company, it was founded in 1912 by Jay Randolph Monroe as a maker of adding machines and calculators based
Monroe_Systems_for_Business
Defunct German manufacturer
to mechanical adding machines; these calculators displayed digits using Nixie tubes. By the end of the 1960s, however, these machines—fitted with hundreds
Olympia-Werke
Material-removing manufacturing process
Machining is a manufacturing process where a desired shape or part is created using the controlled removal of material, most often metal, from a larger
Machining
Topics referred to by the same term
for the unemployed Mister Zero, pseudonym of John Picard, guitarist in the Canadian band The Kings Mr. Zero, the protagonist of the play The Adding Machine
Mr._Zero
Federal Adding Machines IBM: IBM 632 IBM 858 Cardatype Accounting Machine IBM 6400 Series Laboratory for Electronics: The Inventory Machine II (TIM-II)
Accounting_machine
1978 studio album by Judas Priest
Killing Machine (alternatively titled Hell Bent for Leather) is the fifth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in November
Killing_Machine
Early mechanical calculator
by the laborious arithmetical calculations required by his father's work as the supervisor of taxes in Rouen, France. He designed the machine to add and
Pascaline
Japanese WWII light machine gun
The Type 97 aircraft machine gun (九七式七粍七固定機銃) was the standard fixed light machine gun on aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Type_97_aircraft_machine_gun
Device used to perform financial transactions
the United States (sometimes redundantly as "ATM machine"). In Canada, the term automated banking machine (ABM) is also used, although ATM is also very commonly
ATM
American military machine gun deployed 1960
The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a
M60_machine_gun
Science fiction film by Simon Wells
The Time Machine is a 2002 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action adventure film loosely adapted by John Logan from the 1895 novel of the same
The_Time_Machine_(2002_film)
Input device
started on the Standard Adding Machine in 1901. The calculator had the digit keys arranged in one row, with zero on the left, and 9 on the right. The modern
Keypad
Instructions directly executable by a computer
sequences of machine-code instructions. Machine code is classified as native with respect to its host CPU since it is the language that the CPU interprets
Machine_code
Computerized translation between natural languages
Machine translation is the use of computational techniques to translate text or speech from one language to another, including the contextual, idiomatic
Machine_translation
Operation common in numerical signal processing
shifting and adding typical of earlier computers. Percy Ludgate was the first to conceive a MAC in his Analytical Machine of 1909, and the first to exploit
Multiply–accumulate_operation
Device that automatically creates sushi
placed atop them. Some sushi machines can produce sushi rolls, whereby the machine automatically flattens rice into sheets, adds various ingredients such
Sushi_machine
Tank-mounted medium machine gun
The Besa machine gun was a British version of the Czechoslovak ZB-53 air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun (called the TK vz. 37 in the Czechoslovak army).
Besa_machine_gun
Former theatre in Manhattan, New York
(1923) The Adding Machine (1923) Saint Joan (1923) Fata Morgana (1924) They Knew What They Wanted (1924) Processional (1925) Garrick Gaieties (1925) The Mystery
Garrick Theatre (New York City)
Garrick_Theatre_(New_York_City)
Heavy machine gun, anti-aircraft cannon
The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: 九三式十三粍機銃 Kyū-san Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kijū), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm
Type_93_heavy_machine_gun
Abstract computational machine model
the pointer machine model. Some particular types of pointer machines are called a linking automaton, a KU-machine, an SMM, an atomistic LISP machine,
Pointer_machine
Mechanism used to build Ancient Egyptian pyramids according to Herodotus
The Herodotus Machine was a machine described by Herodotus. According to Herodotus, this invention enabled the ancient Egyptians to construct the pyramids
Herodotus_Machine
Aircraft rotary heavy machine gun
The Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 mm (Russian: Якушев-Борзов ЯкБ-12,7) is a remotely controlled 12.7×108mm caliber four-barrel rotary heavy machine gun developed
YakB-12.7_machine_gun
2013 studio album by the Strokes
Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was released on March 26, 2013, through RCA Records. The band decided
Comedown_Machine
THE ADDING-MACHINE
THE ADDING-MACHINE
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew unisex Adiyna, ADINA means "slender." In the bible, this is a masculine name only, the name of one of King David's captains.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gooding.German (Göding) : variant of Godding.
Female
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Adi, ADDIE means "my ornament" or "my witness." Compare with another form of Addie.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a form of the Old English surname Hearding, from heard, HARDING means "brave, hardy, strong."
Male
English
Variant spelling of Middle English Aldine, ALDIN means "old friend."
Female
English
 Pet form of English Adelaide, ADDIE means "noble sort." Compare with another form of Addie.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps be a nickname from Middle English daring ‘trembling’, ‘crouching or transfixed with fear’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Adkin, a pet form of Adam that was in use particularly in the English Midlands, + patronymic -s. Compare Atkins.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish : from the Old English personal name Hearding, originally a patronymic from Hard 1. The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.North German and Dutch : patronymic from a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the U.S., was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father’s side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, Danish, English, German
From the Hare's Valley; Son of the Courageous One
Male
Hebrew
 Compare with feminine Addie. Pet form of Hebrew Adam, ADDIE means "earth" or "red." Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Adi, meaning "my ornament" or "my witness."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Allen.German : habitational name from either of two places called Alling, one in Bavaria and one in Austria.Danish : habitational name from any of several places called Alling. The etymology of the place name is uncertain; it may be a derivative of al ‘alder’.Roger Alling signed the New Haven, CT, Compact in 1639.
Female
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Hebrew Adiyna, ADINE means "slender."
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Eddings. This is a common name in TX, NC, and FL.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Adiynow, ADINO means "soft, delicate" or "his ornament." In the bible, this is the name of one of King David's warriors.
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.Dutch and German : variant of Redding 2.
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Ealdwine, ALDINE means "old friend."
THE ADDING-MACHINE
THE ADDING-MACHINE
Girl/Female
German
Resolute protector. Strong helmet. , feminine form of Wilhelm.
Girl/Female
Irish
Handmaiden.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Brilliant
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Healey near Manchester, named with Old English hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. There are various other places in northern England, for example in Northumberland and Yorkshire, with the same name and etymology, and they may also have contributed to the surname.Variant of Irish Healy.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yehowram, JEHORAM means "God is exalted." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a king of Judah.
Girl/Female
German
Peaceful Victory
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The Tower
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the numerous places in France so called from the dedication of their churches to St. George (see George).French : secondary surname to the primary surnames De la Porte, Godfroy, Lapointe, and Laporte.
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Swiss Heidi, HEIKI means "noble sort."Â
Boy/Male
Celtic Gaelic Irish
Wise.
THE ADDING-MACHINE
THE ADDING-MACHINE
THE ADDING-MACHINE
THE ADDING-MACHINE
THE ADDING-MACHINE
n.
A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
n.
The act of adding; application; accretion.
a.
The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.
n.
Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
v. i.
See Thee.
a.
Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.
a.
Adding intensity; intensifying.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Add
v. t.
A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.
a.
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts.
adv.
In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
n.
An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.
a.
Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.
a.
Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.
a.
Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
n.
Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
a.
Andean; as, Andine flora.
a.
Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
a.
Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.