LAPP
Short for Linux, Apache, PostGreSQL, Perl LAPP is an open source Web development platform that is a variation to the LAMP stack. LAPP uses Linux as the operating system, Apache as the Web server, PostGreSQL as the RDBMS, and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. Perl or Python may be substituted for PHP.
See LAMP.
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- LATA
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- Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
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