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There exist also variations of this stack at the [[operating system]] layer as well. | There exist also variations of this stack at the [[operating system]] layer as well. | ||
*A | * A [[WAMP|'''W'''AMP]] stack is one where the operating system is [[Microsoft Windows]]. | ||
*The '''M'''AMP acronym is also used for [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computers ([[UNIX]]-based [[Mac OS X]] replaces the operating system layer). | * The [[MAMP|'''M'''AMP]] acronym is also used for [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computers ([[UNIX]]-based [[Mac OS X]] replaces the operating system layer). | ||
* A [[SAMP|'''S'''AMP]] stack is where [[Sun Microsystems]] enters the web development arena replacing the operating system by [[Solaris]]. | |||
Revision as of 09:27, 22 July 2008
LAMP is an acronym for Linux / Apache / MySQL / Perl or PHP, a common and popular application stack which web-based applications are built on. In particular many open source projects take advantage of this stack.
- Linux is an open source operating system
- Apache HTTP Server is a popular open source web server
- mySQL is an open source RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)
- PHP or Perl are server-side programming languages which are well interfaced with Apache
Many Linux distributions implements natively a LAMP solution, including all the needed packages.
Variations
Other languages can fit with the "P" letter and are used interchangeably in place of PHP or Perl. Python is a popular example.
There exist also variations of this stack at the operating system layer as well.
- A WAMP stack is one where the operating system is Microsoft Windows.
- The MAMP acronym is also used for Macintosh computers (UNIX-based Mac OS X replaces the operating system layer).
- A SAMP stack is where Sun Microsystems enters the web development arena replacing the operating system by Solaris.