common gateway interface (CGI)
Definition
Set of rules (protocols) that define the standard way a web server communicates with another program (the gateway or CGI program) on the same machine, and an external program (such as a browser) on another (client) machine.
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common gateway interface (CGI) is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, E-Commerce, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
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