Common Gateway Interface

nounid 1868·updated May 18, 2026

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Common Gateway Interface. This mechanism is used by HTTP servers (web servers) to pass parameters to executable scripts in order to generate responses dynamically.

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Network95%rule-basedr:entity.network.gear.v1

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acronym: CGI
plural: Common Gateway Interfaces
possessive: Common Gateway Interface's
pluralpossessive: Common Gateway Interfaces'

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§1: Common Gateway Interface. This mechanism is used by HTTP servers (web servers) to pass parameters to executable scripts in order to generate responses dynamically.

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§1 · legacy_primary: Common Gateway Interface. This mechanism is used by HTTP servers (web servers) to pass parameters to executable scripts in order to generate responses dynamically.
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