DAMP is a
solution stack of computer
software, usually
free software or
open-source software, that is used to run dynamic
Web sites or
servers running the
Darwin operating system. The
acronym is derived from the original
acronym LAMP. The expansion is as follows:
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Darwin, referring to the
Darwin operating system that underlies
Mac OS X
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Apache, the
Web server
A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its secure variant HTTPS. A user agent, commonly a web browser or web crawler, initiate ...
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MySQL, the
database management system
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases span ...
(or database server)
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PHP, the
web application-oriented
programming language
References
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External links
DAMP MacPorts Tutorial
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Web frameworks
Web server software
PHP