Acronym for a development stack originally made up of Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python
LAMP is an acronym that refers to a stack of open source software used in development. The initial letters come from the following components:
- Linux (operating system)
- Apache HTTP Server (web server)
- MySQL (database software)
- Perl/PHP/Python (programming language)
Similar terms are used when on other operating systems while keeping the software suite:
- Microsoft Windows (WAMP)
- Mac OS (MAMP)
- Solaris (SAMP)
- OpenBSD (OAMP)