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cgi-bin

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard protocol that allows a web server to communicate with external programs and execute tasks, such as sending form data to databases or generating dynamic content for websites. The cgi-bin directory is a common location on web servers where these CGI scripts are stored and executed.

Sense 1: The directory on a web server that contains CGI scripts.

Usage: The cgi-bin directory is often located in the root directory of a web server.

Example sentence 1: The CGI script, located in the cgi-bin directory, receives the user's input and processes the data accordingly.

Example sentence 2: Make sure the permissions for the cgi-bin directory are correctly set to allow script execution.

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