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Installing Wamp on Windows

WAMP is an abbreviated name for the software stack Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP. It is  derived from LAMP which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. As the name implies, while LAMP is used on Linux servers, WAMP is used on Windows servers.  The “A” in WAMP stands for Apache.  Apache  is server software that is used to serve webpages. Whenever someone types in your WordPress website’s URL, Apache is the software that “serves” your WordPress site. The “M” in WAMP stands for MySQL.  MySQL  is a database management system. It’s job in the software stack is to store all of your website’s content, user profiles, comments, etc. The “P” in WAMP stands for PHP. PHP is the programming language that WordPress is written in. It is also the piece that holds the entire software stack together. It runs as a process in Apache and communicates with the MySQL database to dynamically build your webpages. Download the wamp for the url  http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php .  You