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Common Gateway Interface

Interface which offers a standard protocol for web servers to execute programs install
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Common Gateway Interface
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Common Gateway Interface

Summary

Common Gateway Interface is a technology[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of technology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (933 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Common Gateway Interface's instance of is recorded as technology[3].
  • Common Gateway Interface is a type of communication protocol[4].
  • Common Gateway Interface's Commons category is recorded as CGI[5].
  • Common Gateway Interface's described at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/CGI/[6].
  • Common Gateway Interface's media type is recorded as application/x-httpd-cgi[7].
  • Common Gateway Interface's facet of is recorded as Internet[8].
  • Common Gateway Interface's described by source is recorded as RFC 3875: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1[9].
  • Common Gateway Interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/cgi[10].
  • Common Gateway Interface's different from is recorded as computer-generated imagery[11].
  • Common Gateway Interface's derivative work is recorded as FastCGI[12].

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Definition and Type

Common Gateway Interface's instance of is recorded as technology[3]. It is a type of communication protocol[4].

Why It Matters

Common Gateway Interface ranks in the top 7% of technology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (933 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . httpd.apache.org. Retrieved . httpd.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Common Gateway Interface. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/common-gateway-interface
MLA “Common Gateway Interface.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/common-gateway-interface.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_common-gateway-interface_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Common Gateway Interface}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/common-gateway-interface}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → computer-generated imagery
    Facet of → Internet
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → communication protocol
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20015, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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