What is CGI (Common Gateway Interface)?
The CGI is a standard for external gateway programs to interface with information servers such as Hyper Test Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or Web servers. It permits interactivity between a client and a host operating system through the world wide web via the HTTP. A CGI program is executed in real-time by the web server so that it can output dynamic information to the user. Hence, it has many useful and/or interesting applications that web designers can make use of. CGI can be written in any language which produces an executable file like C, C++, Perl, etc. and has been applied in UNIX systems for a long time. (Refer to www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Style/Sheets/Cascading.html) When your web site is hosted at Sim’s Tech web servers, you will have your own local CGI directory for full manipulation. Back to Top 1.2) What is ASP (Active Server Page)? What is JSP? What do they do on web page? ASP is a technology created by Microsoft for the their web product Internet Information Server (IIS). It func
