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The acronym LAMP refers to a set of free software programs commonly used together to run dynamic Web sites or servers:

• Linux, the operating system;
• Apache, the Web server;
• MySQL, the database management system (or database server);
• Perl, PHP, and/or Pythonscripting languages

Though the originators of these open source programs did not design them all to work specifically with each other, the combination has become popular because of its low cost and because of the ubiquity of its components (which come bundled with most current Linux distributions). When used in combination they represent a solution stack of technologies that facilitate electronic activity. Other such stacks include Java/J2EE and Microsoft's .NET architecture. Read More

A database is a collection of information stored in a computer in a systematic way, such that a computer program can consult it to answer questions. The software used to manage and query a database is known as a database management system (DBMS). The properties of database systems are studied in information science.

At the core of the concept of a database is the idea of a collection of facts, or pieces of knowledge. Facts may be structured in a number of ways, known as data models... Read More