Technology Stack
Last modified: September 13, 2008 - 07:11
Drupal is part of a technology stack. Its performance depends on a lot of factors.
| Server - A server is a computer/device which provides information or services to computers on a network. |
| Operating System - The software that the rest of the computer depends on to work. Unix, Linux, BSD and Windows. |
| Database - A structured collection of records. Drupal uses a database to store most content for your site. |
| Webserver - The software component responsible for serving web pages. Examples are Apache and Microsoft IIS. |
| PHP - The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. |
| Drupal - An open-source platform and content management system for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services including user administration, publishing workflow, discussion capabilities, news aggregation, metadata functionalities using controlled vocabularies and XML publishing for content sharing purposes. Drupal is generally comprised of a mix of core and contributed modules. |