<s>
MAMP	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
solution	B-Application
stack	I-Application
composed	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
and	O
proprietary	B-Application
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
used	O
together	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
run	O
dynamic	O
websites	O
on	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
MAMP	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
that	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
the	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
:	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
)	O
;	O
Apache	B-Application
(	O
the	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
)	O
;	O
MySQL	B-Application
or	O
MariaDB	B-Application
(	O
the	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
;	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
programming	O
languages	O
used	O
for	O
web	O
development	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
LAMP	B-Application
,	O
a	O
similar	O
stack	O
of	O
all	O
open-source	O
software	O
widely	O
used	O
for	O
websites	O
,	O
but	O
substituting	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
macOS	B-Application
for	O
the	O
open-source	O
Linux	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Similar	B-Application
"	I-Application
AMP	I-Application
"	I-Application
stacks	I-Application
exist	O
for	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
MAMP	B-Protocol
is	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
these	O
choices	O
of	O
components	O
,	O
however	O
;	O
Nginx	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
same	O
goes	O
for	O
substituting	O
MariaDB	B-Application
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
packages	O
that	O
comprise	O
MAMP	B-Protocol
(	O
particularly	O
Apache	B-Application
and	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
are	O
pre-installed	O
with	O
macOS	B-Application
;	O
compatible	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
remainder	O
are	O
readily	O
available	O
for	O
installation	O
and	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAMP	B-Protocol
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
with	O
and	O
to	O
develop	O
for	O
popular	O
CMS	B-Protocol
programs	O
such	O
as	O
WordPress	B-Application
and	O
Drupal	B-Application
by	O
setting	O
up	O
a	O
local	O
development	O
environment	O
on	O
laptop	O
or	O
desktop	O
computers	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
standalone	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
