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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Friday, April 2, 2004 11:24:16 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:11:04 pm by WikiAdmin Revert
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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 [EnvironmentVariable]s 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