“Lamp is a web development and deployment platform assembled
from open source products. It includes a webserver, database and
scripting language. These products can be downloaded free or
bought, with support, from Linux distributors, specialist suppliers
such as Activegrid, and major software players, particularly
IBM.“The acronym usually stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP,
but the scripting language could also be Perl or Python. Variants
include Postgres database (Lapp), and Wimp or Wamp (Windows with
IIS or Apache)…”