What is LAMP

LAMP is a software bundle which is very popular for developing web based applications.

Its an acronym which represents the individual softwares
Linux - As an Operating System www.linux.org
Apache - As Web Server www.apache.org
MySQL -As a database www.mysql.com
PHP - As a scripting language www.php.net

Originally these programs were not meant to work with each other. But the combination has been very popular these days.
The uniquness is
- Open Source Technologies
- Low cost (low licensing cost wrt Microsoft server licensing)
- Fast productivity
- Flexibility
- Scalability (wrt tuning of MySQL / Linux to have best performance of a web application)

All the above softwares are free and can be downloaded from the respective links given above.

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