WIMP (software bundle)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The acronym WIMP is a solution stack of software, partially free and open source software, used to run dynamic Web sites on servers. The expansion is as follows:
- Windows, referring to the operating system;
- IIS, the Web server;
- MySQL, MS SQL Server or MS Access, the database management system (or database server);
- PHP or others, i.e. Perl, Python, the programming languages.[1]
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer is a tool to install applications on a WIMP-system.
LAMP is a similar stack, of entirely free software with Linux replacing Windows, and Apache replacing IIS.
WAMP is a similar stack, with Apache replacing IIS.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ^ Dale Dougherty (January 26, 2001). "LAMP: The Open Source Web Platform". ONLamp. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/01/25/lamp.html.
 |
This Web software related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
