Glossword WAMP
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Glossword WAMP is an open-source WAMP
WAMP
WAMPs are packages of independently-created programs installed on computers that use a Microsoft Windows operating system.WAMP is an acronym formed from the initials of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the principal components of the package: Apache, MySQL and one of PHP, Perl or Python....

 [Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP] package for MS Windows.

The project was originally started in 2002 in purpose to help run Glossword on MS Windows. Today it suits for other PHP-applications and focuses on providing the smallest possible distribution package with the latest versions of the software. Distributed as exe
EXE
EXE is the common filename extension denoting an executable file in the DOS, OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, Symbian, and OS/2 operating systems....

 file, average size is 6MiB
Mebibyte
The mebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The binary prefix mebi means 220, therefore 1 mebibyte is . The unit symbol for the mebibyte is MiB. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 2000 and has been accepted for use by all major...

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Glossword WAMP includes phpMyAdmin
PhpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is an open source tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL with the use of a Web browser. It can perform various tasks such as creating, modifying or deleting databases, tables, fields or rows; executing SQL statements; or managing users and...

, several PHP-extensions from PECL, and MySQL administration tools.

The installation is written in NSIS
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System is a script-driven Windows installation system with minimal overhead backed by Nullsoft, the creators of Winamp...

. The source of installation script is supplied with the distribution package and released under the GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....

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