The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard protocol for interfacing external application software with an information server, commonly a web server. This allows the server to pass requests from a client web browser to the external application. The web server can then return the output from the application to the web browser.
2006-11-14 02:34:08
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answered by Anonymous
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Abbreviation of Common Gateway Interface, a specification for transferring information between a World Wide Web server and a CGI program. A CGI program is any program designed to accept and return data that conforms to the CGI specification. The program could be written in any programming language, including C, Perl, Java, or Visual Basic.
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. Another increasingly common way to provide dynamic feedback for Web users is to include scripts or programs that run on the user's machine rather than the Web server. These programs can be Java applets, Java scripts, or ActiveX controls. These technologies are known collectively as client-side solutions, while the use of CGI is a server-side solution because the processing occurs on the Web server.
One problem with CGI is that each time a CGI script is executed, a new process is started. For busy Web sites, this can slow down the server noticeably. A more efficient solution, but one that it is also more difficult to implement, is to use the server's API, such as ISAPI or NSAPI. Another increasingly popular solution is to use Java servlets.
2006-11-14 03:00:30
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answered by an Indian soul 2
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The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard protocol for interfacing external application software with an information server, commonly a web server. This allows the server to pass requests from a client web browser to the external application. The web server can then return the output from the application to the web browser.
2006-11-14 02:34:59
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answered by xerocs 5
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common gateway interface is a std proyocol used for interfacing an application with the server, so that client requests r sent to external application thro'server and responses r obtained thro' server
2006-11-14 04:50:02
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answered by deepasree murthy 1
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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
2006-11-14 02:34:12
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answered by ɹɐzɔ 7
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Common gateway interface its the one which will connect U and U R computer with the outside internet
2006-11-14 02:47:37
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answered by Ramasubramanian 6
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