What is LAMP WAMP MAMP XAMPP? rev 17 February 2013 ➽ back to dir _______________________________________________________________________________ what the heck are they? They are not "servers". They are "stacks" - combinations of software for web development _______________________________________________________________________________ yeah ok, but what are the letters? W or L or M or X - Windows or [GNU/]Linux or Macintosh or ??? AMP - Apache MySQL/MariaDB PHP/Perl It all started as a shortcut way to say the combination of softwares used for dynamic web development. Which started on gnu/linux, so the shortcut word was "lamp" Then as people started doing web programming on other OSs, new shortcuts were made up: "wamp", "mamp", etc. _______________________________________________________________________________ what do they do? They * Install and configure: the web server Apache the database server Mysql the programming language PHP useful web apps like PHPMyadmin * Give you a little visual gadget to turn the servers (apache and mysql) on and off. WAMP - http://www.ricocheting.com/how-to-install-on-windows/ "WAMPServer"'s name is a bit misleading -- makes you think it is a server. It is one of several wamp stacks. LAMP - Ubuntu - get the packages: apache, mysql, linux, phpmyadmin Fedora - u got them already: apache, mysql, linux, phpmyadmin MAMP - for Apple Macintosh i think. No idea. But it is there. Look it up. XAMPP - No idea. But it is there. Look it up. _______________________________________________________________________________ more info: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/2171/wamp-vs-xampp-pros-cons-for-running-a-local-testing-server
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