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In [[computing]], '''Common Gateway Interface''' ('''CGI''') offers a standard [[communications protocol|protocol]] for [[web server]]s to execute programs that execute like [[Console application]]s (also called [[Command-line interface|Command-line interface programs]]) running on a [[Server (computing)|server]] that [[Dynamic web page|generates web pages dynamically]].

Such programs are known as ''CGI scripts'' or simply as ''CGIs''. The specifics of how the script is executed by the server are determined by the server. In the common case, a CGI script essentially executes at the time a request is made and generates HTML.<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875 RFC3875: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1]</ref>

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