LAMP is an acronym that refers to an infrastructure for developing web applications in a free or open-source software environment. The acronym technically stands for:
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP
which is a common combination of such tools and together represent each component needed to develop a web application; the OS, web server, database, and programming language. Note that there are other free alternatives for each of these tools. In particular, the programming language used is often Perl, Python, or Ruby instead of PHP.
What is exciting about this approach is that it is a low-cost way for organizations to get their web sites up and running. While expensive software may help create flashy sites, practically anyone can create a site using the LAMP infrastructure, and the tools work well together and are sufficiently powerful for the requirements of most web applications. Also, it's a great way to support the open-source community and avoid giving into the corporations that sell proprietary tools.
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