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by kazinator 4218 days ago
Web 2.0 (technology) doesn't mean "dynamic content". In 1994 there was dynamic content with server-side script execution, which solidified into CGI.

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

"Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard method used to generate dynamic content on Web pages and Web applications. " (emphasis mine)

"History ... In 1993, The NCSA team wrote the specification for calling command line executables on the www-talk mailing list."