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

The oldest and still very common way to add interactivity to a web page is through a CGI program. Common Gateway Interface(CGI) is a protocol standard that specifies how information can be passed from a Web page through a Web server, to a program, and back from the program to a browser in the proper format. Unfortunately many people confuse the actual program that does a particular task with CGI protocol. In reality, it happens to be a CGI program as it was written to pass information back and forth using CGI specification.