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CGI script

[¦sē¦jē′ī ‚skript]
(computer science)
A program, written in a language such as Perl, that is used for creating interactive Web pages; for example, it allows a Web server to process a request from a user, communicate with a database, and reply to the user by creating a Web page.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

CGI script

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