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LAMP (software bundle)
From Elgg Documentation
L.A.M.P. is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (or PERL or Python ) and refers to 4 different pieces of free software. Sometimes referred to as "The LAMP Stack"
The 4 technologies together refer to a server environment built to output to/for the internet. Linux is an Operating Sytem, Apache is a Web Server, MySQL is a database engine and PHP, PERL and Python are all programming languages geared towards the internet.
The term was coined by Michael Kunze in defense of free software. Since then it is safe to say his statements have been proven correct. The LAMP stack is in extremely wide use today all over the world and each product has varying (but usually high) degrees of market share in their particular technology.
