What is “WAMP”? WAMP is an acronym that stands for “Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP”. When you download a WAMP, you are just downloading a program that installs three different things. WAMPs are convenient because they allow you to download and install all of the packages you need for hosting dynamic web content in one fell swoop. Otherwise, you’d have to download the three packages separately. Windows – The “W” in WAMP is just there to specify that the program is compatible with Windows operating systems. Apache – This is the program that is used to actually host your website. With it alone, you can host HTML files and other static web content. MySQL – This provides a database for your web content. A lot of dynamic web pages need to store data (i.e. usernames and password for web accounts), which is where MySQL comes in. PHP – The most popular language for writing dynamic web content – by far. WordPress, Facebook, Joomla, and many other websites and content man