LAMP is an acronym that refers to a free and open source software solution stack consisting of Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, and PHP. It provides an easy and cheap way to develop and deploy dynamic web applications locally or in a hosted environment. Installing LAMP involves downloading XAMPP for Linux, extracting it to the /opt directory, and starting the Apache and MySQL servers with a single command to test applications on localhost.

1. LAMP LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, originally coined from the first letters of

2. Linux (operating system)

3. Apache HTTP Server

4. MySQL (database software) and

5. PHP