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Acronym for Common Gateway Interface, the name for the standard method of sending information to and from Web pages and Web servers. Individual programs using CGI are often called CGI scripts, the majority of which are written in Perl or C. |
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| Cgi-bin |
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The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGI programs are stored. The "bin" part of "cgi-bin" is a shorthand version of "binary", because once upon a time, most programs were referred to as "binaries". In real life, most programs found in cgi-bin directories are text files -- scripts that are executed by binaries located elsewhere on the same machine. |
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| Client Server |
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Client/Server distributes the processing of a Computer Application between 2 computers, the Client & the Server - the principle being to exploit the power of each. The Client is normally a PC. The Application Program will access Data & perform processing on the Server & using the data obtained via the server more processing tasks will be performed on the Client. The Application can be used by more than one user. |
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| Client Side |
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Pertains to events, which occur and are processed by the user's (client) browser. |
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| Commerce Server |
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Web software that runs some of the main functions of an online storefront such as product display, online ordering, inventory management. Works in conjunction with online payment systems to process payments. |
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| Consulting Services |
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Resources to help you prepare, install, implement, and customize your 4 Guys Interactive solution to get maximum functionality for the way you do business |
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| Cookie |
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Cookies are snippets of information delivered from a web site to the client's browser, and then stored on the hard drive. Examples are the time of the last visit, or the pages downloaded. Web sites read "Cookies" on every visit. |
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| Credit Card Processors |
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Provide shared network systems and on-line credit processing systems for individual credit companies. They integrate transactions between merchants, financial institutions, and card companies. |
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| Cybercash |
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A company that developed one of the early payment systems for the Internet. They give away a consumer "wallets". Online merchants using Cybercash software receive orders from shoppers with the "wallet". Orders are sent through the Cybercash server to bank networks for credit card verification. |
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