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What does LAMP mean?

The correct answer is D. The combination of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP or other programming languages. LAMP is a well-known open-source web stack acronym standing for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (or Perl/Python). It describes a common combination of technologies used to build dynamic web servers.

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What does LAMP mean?

Options

  • AThe Linux Advanced Mode Programming Interface which gives advanced capabilities to application
  • BThe bus ID of an attached USB device that emits light.
  • CShort for Lightweight Access Management Protocol which synchronizes permissions in a network.
  • DThe combination of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP or other programming languages.
  • EShort for lamport-clock which is important in distributed network computing.

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    16% (4)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • D
    72% (18)
  • E
    4% (1)

Why each option

LAMP is a well-known open-source web stack acronym standing for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (or Perl/Python). It describes a common combination of technologies used to build dynamic web servers.

AThe Linux Advanced Mode Programming Interface which gives advanced capabilities to application

There is no 'Linux Advanced Mode Programming Interface'; this is a fabricated description that does not correspond to any real technology or acronym.

BThe bus ID of an attached USB device that emits light.

LAMP has no relation to USB devices or light-emitting hardware; this description is entirely fictitious.

CShort for Lightweight Access Management Protocol which synchronizes permissions in a network.

There is no 'Lightweight Access Management Protocol'; LAMP is unrelated to permission synchronization or directory protocols.

DThe combination of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP or other programming languages.Correct

LAMP stands for Linux (operating system), Apache (web server), MySQL (database), and PHP/Perl/Python (scripting language). This stack is one of the most widely deployed combinations for hosting dynamic web applications and has been a foundational concept in web server administration for decades.

EShort for lamport-clock which is important in distributed network computing.

Lamport clocks are a real concept in distributed systems but are unrelated to LAMP; LAMP does not stand for lamport-clock.

Concept tested: LAMP stack components and definition

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/LAMP

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#LAMP stack#Apache#MySQL#open source software

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