LAMP
/læmp/
n. “The classic web stack that lights up the internet.”
LAMP is an acronym for a widely used web development stack consisting of Linux (operating system), Apache (web server), MySQL (database), and PHP (programming language). Sometimes, variants substitute Perl or Python for PHP, but the core concept remains the same: a complete environment for developing and deploying dynamic websites and applications.
Each component of LAMP serves a specific role: