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title: "what is the CGI?"  
description: "what is the CGI?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-03-18  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/458/what-is-the-cgi  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# what is the CGI?

CGI scripts are executables that will execute on the server to produce dynamic and interactive web pages.

Most ISPs offer some kind of CGI capabilities. ISPs often offer preinstalled, ready to run, guest-books, page-counters, and chat-forums solutions in CGI.

CGI is most common on Unix or Linux servers.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

CGI scripts are executables that will execute on the server to produce dynamic and interactive web pages.

Most ISPs offer some kind of CGI capabilities. ISPs often offer preinstalled, ready to run, guest-books, page-counters, and chat-forums solutions in CGI.

CGI is most common on Unix or Linux servers.


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