LAMP

Open-source web stack

A lamp is a device that produces light.

Originally oil-burning vessels with wicks, lamps now typically use electricity: table lamp, floor lamp, desk lamp.

The word extends to the bulb itself: The lamp burned out.

To lamp someone (slang) is to hit them hard or to stare intensely at them.

lighting

bulb

Rounded storage organ

bedside · lamplight · wattage · dimmer · socket · filament · LED · incandescent · halogen · brightness

oil

wick

Fuel-drawing cord

glass chimney · reservoir · trimming · paraffin · whale oil · Aladdin · genie · menorah · eternal flame · fuel

technical

discharge

Release of substance outward

phototherapy · projector · flashlight · torch · searchlight · stage lighting · tungsten · xenon · sodium vapor · mercury vapor

symbolic

knowledge

Understood facts and skills

guidance · Diogenes · truth-seeker · illumination · beacon · inspiration · Florence Nightingale · nursing · scholarship · academia

anatomical

ophthalmology

Medical specialty for eyes

retina · diagnostic · clinical · optometry · magnification · observation

Categories
Opposites
light source vs darkness

LAMPdarkness

Total absence of light

dark · shadow · blackout · gloom · obscurity

artificial vs natural light

LAMPsun

Earth's primary star

sunlight · moonlight · starlight · daylight · firelight

OPEN SOURCE STACK VS PROPRIETARY (LAMP acronym)

LAMPproprietary software

Restricted, owned computer programs

commercial software

Phrases
Family

lamps, carbide lamp, lampshade, headlamp, streetlamp, desk lamp, lampshades, lamppost, lamprey

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G