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[Acronym] for the __C__ommon __G__ateway __I__nterface
-a way of having
a web server run a program
to return a webpage. the [CGI] specification
specifies things like PATH_INFO, QUERY_STRING, REMOTE_USER as environmental variables that
you can query ot
find out information about the request.
+The [CGI] standard specifies the conditions for programs run by
a web server in respons to certain queries in order
to return a webpage. It
specifies things like environment variables such as
PATH_INFO, QUERY_STRING, REMOTE_USER, and many more which
you can read to
find out information about the request. It also specifies where a [CGI] programs STDIN etc should be connected and a few other details of operation
.
