glossary

CGI

The common gateway Interface is what all servers use to process requests from applications like your browser. A gateway is a program, or script, that acts as mediator between servers and clients, and can be written using any programming language - C, C++, Perl, Python, TCL, Java, and so on. On the Web, gateway programs are most often used to process forms, where they play go-between from your browser to a database, doing things like processing keyword search requests, retrieving up-to-the-minute scores for the Bulls game, or telling you the current temperature in Peoria.

Related Terms: client/server, search engines/directories, form

ASCII
Attachment
Avatar
Bandwidth
Browser
CGI
Chat, Chat Room
Client/Server
Code
Compress(ion)
Cookies
Crash, Freeze
Cursor
dhtml (Dynamic html)
Domain Name
Download, Upload
Email
Error Codes
Ethernet
Filter (email)
Form (elements)
Frames
FTP

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