[iliketoworkhard]

What is CGI in this context? I’ve only heard of it in a movie special effects context.

[Dylan16807]

The web server having to run an external program to handle the request, typically because it's written in a scripting language.

Technically it stands for "common gateway interface" but that doesn't come up very much.

[parliament32]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface