what is cgi programming

Question

What is exactly meant by CGI programming . If I am writing a cgi program in \'C\' ,

in that context , what does the \'cgi\' mean ?

Is the servelt environment is

Answer 1

CGI means common gateway interface...It is a web server that receives user request and process that and sends the response back to the user..In CGI for each new user request the new process has been created and process the user request and forward the response back to the user