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LAMP is an acronym for a set of free software programs commonly used together to run dynamic Web sites:
Though these programs were not designed specifically to work with each other, the combination is popular because of its low cost and the ubiquity of its components (which are bundled with most current Linux distributionA Linux distribution or GNU/Linux distribution (or a distro is a Unix-like operating system plus application software comprising the Linux kernel, the GNU operating system, assorted free software and sometimes proprietary software, all created by individus).
The term was coined by M. Kunze in an article for the German computing magazine c'tc't (short for Computertechnik ) is a German biweekly computer magazine, published by the Heise Verlag publishing house. In the Netherlands it is published monthly. The first issue was published in December 1983. c't had a sold circulation of ca. 385,000 in 1998. The article's intent was to show that a bundle of free software could provide a viable alternative to commercial packages. Knowing about the IT world's love of acronyms, Kunze came up with LAMP as a marketing measure to popularize the use of free software.
Amongst English speakers the term was popularized by O'ReillyO'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates is an American publishing company established by Tim O'Reilly, primarily focusing on books related to computer programming. They achieve distinctive branding by featuring a woodcut of an animal on many of the and MySQL ABMySQL AB is a Swedish company, the owner and producer of MySQL, probably the most famous open source database. Recently it concluded an agreement with SAP and now are also developing and distibuting MaxDB. MySQL AB are often cited, together with the JBoss. Variants include LAPP (substituting PostgreSQLPostgreSQL is a free software object-relational database server ( database management system), released under the flexible BSD-style license. It offers an alternative to other open-source database systems (such as MySQL and Firebird), as well as to propri for MySQL), WAMPWAMP is an acronym for the combination Microsoft Windows, Apache, MySQL and one or more of Perl, PHP and Python. It is modelled after the more well-known LAMP, referring to the all- open source/ free software approach which uses Linux instead of Windows. (substituting Microsoft WindowsImage use policy. Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers. The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually has come to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of for Linux), and simply AMP (omitting the operating system; this variant is propagated by Apple ComputerApple Computer, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company based in Cupertino, California, whose main business is computer technologies. Best known for its range of Macintosh computers and, more recently, its iPod personal audio ( MP3 and otherwise) player and iTun).
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, runs software that can be characterized as a LAMP application. Wikipedia's MediaWiki software is developed primarily under Linux, using the Apache HTTP Server, with its content being stored in a MySQL database, and the program logic being implemented in PHP.LAMP is also the name of an (apparently obsolete) movie player for Linux, the Linux Animation and Movie Player, as well as the name of MIT's Library Access to Music Project [1].