What is LAMP Stack?
The LAMP stack is a popular open-source solution stack used primarily in web development.
LAMP consists of four components necessary to establish a fully functional web development environment. The first letters of the components' names make up the LAMP acronym:
- Linux is an operating system used to run the rest of the components.
- Apache HTTP Server is a web server software used to serve static web pages.
- MySQL is a relational database management system used for creating and managing web databases, but also for data warehousing, application logging, e-commerce, etc.
- PHP, Perl, and Python are programming languages are used to create web applications.
Each component represents an essential layer of the stack. Together, the components are used to create database-driven, dynamic websites.