Information Today, May 1st, 1998
This month I am inaugurating a new feature in this column called, "How Do They Do That?" I am going to tackle some of the higher-end, tools used by Web developers. My intention in these columns, which will appear on an irregular basis, is to attempt to demystify the meaning behind the terminology.
This month I am going to discuss Common Gateway Interfaces, best known as CGI scripts. CGI scripts were the first way of allowing Web pages to interact with other programs. When a visitor comes to a page with a CGI script, a specific action or program is automatically executed. You have no doubt e...
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