Common Gateway Interface
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Interface which offers a standard protocol for web servers to execute programs install
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- CGI common gateway interface.svg
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/cgi
- Commons category
- CGI
- described at URL
- www.w3.org/CGI
- media type
- application/x-httpd-cgi
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The official CGI logo from the spec announcement
In computing, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an interface specification that enables web servers to execute an external program to process HTTP or HTTPS user requests.
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