Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On Saturday 10 March 2012 10:50:14 pm David Christensen wrote:
> On 03/10/2012 05:03 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> > You misunderstand CGI. It is a way that a script that generates a web
> > page can have that page displayed in a browser window. CGI is internal
> > to the web browser. You use a language like perl or whatever to
> > generate the script that the web server picks up and processes.
>
> Sentence 3 is incorrect. Sentences 2 and 4 are close. Please see:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface
>
>
> HTH,
>
> David
Right you are. I meant "web server" in sentence #2. Also, by internal, I
meant that it can be added into or enabled in the server. wikipedia.org is
always my friend.
Mark
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