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Definitions of CGI:
- CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. CGI allows HTML pages to interact with programming applications.
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- Computer Generated Image; a term denoting that computers will be used to generate the full imagery.
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- stands for Common Gateway Interface and is a standard way for data to be passed between web applications eg passing data from an online HTML form to a script on the server.
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- (Short for Common Gateway Interface), is the most common way for web servers to interact dynamically with users. Common uses include online feedback and online forms.
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- Common Gateway Interface. The server-side program or script used to process the data entered in a fill-in form.
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- A standard for the exchange of information between a Web server and computer programs that are external to it. The external programs can be written in any programming language that is supported by the operating system on which the Web server is running.
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- CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface. It is an interface that defines how data is passed and serves to connect the web with other software and databases. CGI is not a programming language.
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- (Common Gateway Interface script) - a specificiation for transferring information between a Web server and a CGI program, designed to receive and and return data. The script can use a variety of languages such as C, Perl, Java, or Visual Basic. Many html pages that contain forms use a cgi program to process the data submitted by users/clients.
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- Common Gateway Interface -is a standard way for a Web server to pass a Web user's request to an application program and to receive data back to forward to the user.
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- Common Gateway Interface - a standard interface between web server software and other programs running on the same machine.
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- Common Gateway Interface. A server-side communication standard supported by all web servers for accessing external programs. Examples of CGI programs are gateways to databases and scripts that process and return HTML commands to the server. Since HTML allows only one-way communication from the server, which is read by the web browser or client, CGI permits communication and interaction from the client to the server for two-way, dynamic web pages.
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- Common Gateway Interface. A specification for communication between an HTTP server and gateway programs on the server. CGI is a popular interface used to create server-based web applications with languages such as Perl or C.
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- Stands for "Common Gateway Interface." CGI is a specification for exchanging information between a Web server and a program. Many programming languages can be used with CGI, but the most common is Perl. CGI programs add scripting and database interactivity to web pages, and is the most common way that Web servers interact dynamically with users.
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- (Common Gateway Interface) - usually a CGI program is a small program that takes data from a web server and does something with it, like putting the content of a form into an e-mail message, or turning the data into a database query.
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- Short for Common Gateway Interface, a small script that processes data taken from the user (such as from a form application). A CGI program can be written in any language like Perl or C/C__ and it is often stored in a special directory like /cgi-bin.
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- (Common Gateway Interface) -- A set of rules that describe how a Web Server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine, and how the other piece of software (the "CGI program") talks to the web server. Any piece of software can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard. ...
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- Common Gateway Interface: A protocol that allows a Web page to run a program on a Web server. Forms, counters, and guestbooks are common examples of CGI programs.
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- (Common Gateway Interface) an interface-creation scripting program that allows you to make WWW pages on the fly based on information from fill-in forms, checkboxes, text input etc.
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- Common Gateway Interface. The program used by WWW servers to communicate with processing programs.
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- CGI programs are the most common way for web servers to interact dynamically with users. Many HTML pages that contain forms, for example, use a CGI program to process the form"s data once it"s submitted.
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- A programming interface that enables a Web browser to be an interface to information services other than Web sites.
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- A computer program that allows web servers to forward requests for processing to other programs, which then return their results to the web server.
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- is short for Common Gateway Interface. It was designed to standardize the method by which information is transferred between a web server and an external program. Web servers commonly use CGI programs to retrieve and process information from users. A common example is a form that is first submitted by the user to a web server and then passed to the CGI program via CGI for processing. ...
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- A standard mechanism for extending Web server functionality by executing programs or scripts on the Web server in response to Web browser requests. A common use of CGI is in form processing, where the browser sends the form data to a CGI script on the server, and the script integrates the data with a database and sends back a results page as HTML.
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- Common Gateway Interface, an interface that connects the Web with other software and databases. CGI defines how data is passed from a server to a CGI program and has nothing to do with the programming language itself. Hence CGI programs can be written in a variety of languages (such as C, Pascal, Perl, etc).
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- CGI may mean:*Common Gateway Interface, a technology used in web servers.*Computer-generated imagery, a movie making technology.*CGI.pm, a popular Perl module used for dealing with the Common Gateway Interface.*Corrugated galvanised iron, moulded sheet metal.*Consultative Group on Indonesia
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