WAMP

WAMP is an acronym for the combination Microsoft Windows, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and one or more of Perl, PHP and Python programming language. It is modelled after the more well-known LAMP (software bundle), referring to the all-open source/free software approach which uses Linux instead of Windows.

Each element of the WAMP acronym provides an essential layer of functionality:

Microsoft Windows is the operating system;

Apache is the web server;

MySQL is the DBMS (database management system [or, database server]);

PHP is an object-oriented web scripting language;

Perl is a powerful, general-purpose, object-oriented scripting language;

Python is yet another powerful, general-purpose, object-oriented scripting language.

Although the half-humorous acronym WIMP has been floated and occasionally used for a system with Microsoft s IIS as the web server, most IIS setups use the included ASP for scripting and Microsoft s Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL Server for the database, as the Open source MySQL and PHP tend to be more often used with the open-source Apache.

An equivalent with PostgreSQL instead of MySQL exists and it is called WAPP being considered more enterprise level because of the features PostgreSQL has that match commercial alternatives.

An equivalent with MS-SQL Server instead of MySQL is called WAMSP.

=See also=

List of WAMPs

=External links=

Many WAMP installers can be found on sourceforge.net: *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/apache2triad Apache2Triad (SF)] *[http://apache2triad.net Apache2Triad (Web)] *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/miniserver/ Uniform Server (SF)] *[http://www.uniformserver.com Uniform Server (Web)] *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/ XAMPP] *[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/ (Apache_Friends XAMPP)] *[http://netserver.hugosoft.net NetServer]

and elsewhere:

*[http://www.easyphp.org/ EasyPHP] *[http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php WAMP5] *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/yawamp/ The Saint WAMP] *[http://ibsoftware.d2digitalmedia.com/ibserver/ IBserver] *[http://www.foxserv.net/ Foxserv Project] *[http://www.e-novative.info/software/wamp.php >e-novative> WAMP]

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