Lamp is a shortcut for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Linux stands for operating system, Apache for web server, MySQL for database and PHP for programming language. Shortcut LAMP also means software solution, usually opensource programs used for running dynamic website, or server.
LAMP we know with 3 variations:
- Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP (used in Active24)
- Linux + Apache + MySQL + Perl
- Linux + Apache + MySQL + Python
Linux
Linux (or GNU/Linux) is freely distributed operating system. If it falls to the open-source software, it is accessible with its source code, that can be modified and further distributed.
Apache
Apache is one of the mostly used web servers. According to statistics it is used on more then 70% servers.
MySQL, or MariaDB
Mostly used database system, that is freely available. MariaDB is open source continuation of MySQL.
PHP
PHP is open-source scripting programming language, that is used for client-server applications (on the server side) and for dynamic website development.