WAMP
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For a comparison of different WAMP packages, see comparison of WAMPs. For other uses, see WAMP (disambiguation).
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WAMPs are packages of independently created programs installed on computers that use a Microsoft Windows operating system.
WAMP is an acronym formed from the initials of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the principal components of the package: Apache, MySQL and one of PHP, Perl or Python. Apache is a web server. MySQL is an open-source database. PHP, Perl and Python are scripting languages that can manipulate information held in a database and generate web pages dynamically each time content is requested by a browser. Other programs may also be included in a package, such as phpMyAdmin which provides a graphical user interface for the MySQL database manager.
Lists, variants, and equivalents on other platforms [edit]
- Comparison of WAMPs
- MAMP: for the Mac OS operating system
- LAMP: for the Linux operating system
- WIMP: A similar package where the Apache is replaced by Internet Information Services (IIS)
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- WampServer Apache, PHP, MySQL on Windows