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The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an application programming interface (API) for writing programs that perform functions on the Web. The Oracle WebServer supports this standard, but also offers the Web Request Broker as an alternative.
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Often combined with a fill-in form to collect and process the data entered by the user.
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(Common Gateway Interface script) A small program written in a language such as Perl, Tcl, C or C__, it functions as the glue between HTML pages and other programs on the Web server. For example, a CGI script would allow search data entered on a Web page to be sent to the DBMS (database management system) for lookup. It would also format the results of that search as an HTML page and send it back to the user. ...
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Common Gateway Interface script; a script that takes data from a web form and converts it.
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