Lamps

• Oil lamp
  Oil lamp
  An oil lamp is an object used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and is continued to this day....
  
  , the original use of the term
• Kerosene lamp
  Kerosene lamp
  The kerosene lamp is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. This article refers to kerosene lamps that have a wick and a tall glass chimney. Kerosene lanterns that have a wick and a glass globe are related to kerosene lamps and are included here as well...
  
  , a lamp burning liquid petroleum
• Lamp (electrical component)
  Lamp (electrical component)
  A lamp is a replaceable component such as an incandescent light bulb, which is designed to produce light from electricity. These components usually have a base of ceramic, metal, glass or plastic, which makes an electrical connection in the socket of a light fixture. This connection may be made...
  
  , a replaceable component that produces light, such as:
  • Arc lamp
    Arc lamp
    "Arc lamp" or "arc light" is the general term for a class of lamps that produce light by an electric arc . The lamp consists of two electrodes, first made from carbon but typically made today of tungsten, which are separated by a gas...
    
    
  • Fluorescent lamp
    Fluorescent lamp
    A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce short-wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light. A fluorescent lamp converts electrical power into useful...
    
    
  • Gas-discharge lamp
    Gas-discharge lamp
    Gas-discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electrical discharge through an ionized gas, i.e. a plasma. The character of the gas discharge critically depends on the frequency or modulation of the current: see the entry on a frequency classification...
    
    
  • Incandescent light bulb
    Incandescent light bulb
    The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe makes light by heating a metal filament wire to a high temperature until it glows. The hot filament is protected from air by a glass bulb that is filled with inert gas or evacuated. In a halogen lamp, a chemical process...
    
    , also known as an incandescent lamp
• Lampshade
  Lampshade
  A lampshade is a fixture that covers the lightbulb on a lamp to diffuse the light it emits. Conical, cylindrical and other forms on floor-, desk- or table top-mounted as well as suspended lamp models are the most common and are made in a wide range of materials. The term can also apply to the...
  
  , the part of a luminaire that serves to block direct view of the lamp
• Light fixture
  Light fixture
  A light fixture, light fitting, or luminaire is an electrical device used to create artificial light and/or illumination, by use of an electric lamp...
  
  , or luminaire, often colloquially known as a lamp
• Signal lamp
  Signal lamp
  A signal lamp is a visual signaling device for optical communication . Modern signal lamps are a focused lamp which can produce a pulse of light...
  
  , a device used for visual communication between ships
• A fuel burning illumination or signal lantern
  Lantern
  A lantern is a portable lighting device or mounted light fixture used to illuminate broad areas. Lanterns may also be used for signaling, as 'torches', or as general light sources outdoors . Low light level varieties are used for decoration. The term "lantern" is also used more generically to...
  
  
• A safety lamp
  Safety lamp
  A safety lamp is any of several types of lamp, which are designed to be safe to use in coal mines. These lamps are designed to operate in air that may contain coal dust, methane, or firedamp, all of which are potentially flammable or explosive...
  
   or Davy lamp
  Davy lamp
  The Davy lamp is a safety lamp with a wick and oil vessel burning originally a heavy vegetable oil, devised in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It was created for use in coal mines, allowing deep seams to be mined despite the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp.Sir...
  
  , an explosion-proof lantern used in mining
  • See also :Category:Lamps
• Lamp (advertisement)
  Lamp (advertisement)
  Lamp is a television and cinema advertisement released in September 2002 to promote the IKEA chain of furniture stores in the United States. The 60-second commercial was the first part of the "Unböring" campaign conceived by advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, and follows a lamp abandoned...
  
  , a 2002 television advertisement directed by Spike Jonze
• GET LAMP
  Get Lamp
  GET LAMP is a two-disc documentary about interactive fiction filmed by computer historian Jason Scott of textfiles.com...
  
  , a documentary

Computing

• LAMP (software bundle)
  LAMP (software bundle)
  LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, referring to the first letters of Linux , Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and PHP , principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.The GNU project is advocating people to use the term "GLAMP" since what is known as...
  
  , a platform consisting of Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python
• Library Access to Music Project
  Library Access to Music Project
  The Library Access to Music Project is a free music library for MIT students started by Keith Winstein and Joshua Mandel, and funded by the MIT/Microsoft iCampus alliance. Originally launched on October 27, 2003, it has been in continuous operation since October 25, 2004.- Using LAMP :A student...
  
  , a free music library for MIT students
• LAMP (LAMP.MN), an application used for smartphones to find friends and search locations

Science

• Lyman Alpha Mapping Project, an instrument to be used on the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  The Lunar Precursor Robotic Program is a program of robotic spacecraft missions which NASA will use to prepare for future human spaceflight missions to the Moon. Two LPRP missions, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite , were launched in June 2009...
  
  
• Loop-mediated isothermal amplification
  Loop-mediated isothermal amplification
  Loop mediated isothermal amplification is a single tube technique for the amplification of DNA. This may be of use in future as a low cost alternative to detect certain diseases...
  
  , a single tube technique for the amplification of DNA
• Lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein
  Lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein
  Lysosome-associated membrane glycoproteins are integral membrane proteins, specific to lysosomes, and whose exact biological function is not yet clear...
  
  
  • LAMP1
    LAMP1
    Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 also known as CD107a , is a human gene.-External links:...
    
     – Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1
  • LAMP2
    LAMP2
    Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2 also known as CD107b , is a human gene....
    
     – Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2
  • LAMP3
    LAMP3
    Lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMP3 gene.LAMP3 has also recently been designated CD208 .-Further reading:...
    
     – Lysosomal-associated membrane glycoprotein 3

Other

• Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots
  Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots
  Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots is a nonprofit organization located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a cross-cultural ministry sharing Jesus Christ with First Nations people in remote areas of Canada...
  
  , a cross-cultural ministry organisation
• Loveless Academic Magnet Program
  Loveless Academic Magnet Program
  Loveless Academic Magnet Program is a magnet high school located in Montgomery, Alabama. It has a student body of around 400. LAMP was formerly housed at Sidney Lanier High School, but moved into the former site of Loveless Elementary in 1999. A 9th grade class was added in 2001. In 2008, it...
  
  , a magnet high school in Montgomery, Alabama
• LAMP Community
  LAMP Community
  LAMP Community is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization located in Skid Row that seeks to permanently end homelessness, improve health, and build self-sufficiency among men and women living with severe mental illness.Lamp Community also played a prominent role in the movie The...
  
  , a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization located in Skid Row

See also

• Lampadarius
  Lampadarius
  A lampadarius, plural Lampadarii, from the Latin "lampada" was a slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other officials of high dignity both during the later Roman Republic and under the Empire...
  
  , also for liturgical uses of lamps
• Stage lighting instrument
  Stage lighting instrument
  Stage lighting instruments are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light television studios and sound stages.Many stagecraft terms vary between the United States and the United...
  
  s, a general term for a variety of light sources used for theater and television production