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cgi-bin index

Description: The CGI-BIN index is a directory found on web servers that stores Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts. These scripts are used to generate dynamic content on web pages.

Sense 1 (Noun): The top-level directory in a web server where CGI scripts are typically stored. It is named "cgi-bin" and is located in the server's root directory.

Sample Sentence: To display the current server time, you can access the CGI-BIN index by navigating to "http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/".

Sense 2 (Noun): An HTML document or page that lists or provides access to the available CGI scripts within a web server's CGI-BIN directory.

Sample Sentence: The CGI-BIN index page on the web server displays a list of all the CGI scripts that can be executed.

Sense 3 (Noun): Refers to an index.html or index.htm file located within the CGI-BIN directory that is executed when accessing the directory itself.

Sample Sentence: When you navigate to the CGI-BIN index directory without specifying a specific file, the index.html file is automatically executed and displayed.

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