A program that processes data submitted by the user. Allows a Web server to pass control to a software application, based on user request. The application receives and organizes data, then returns it in a consistent format.

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Anastasia Evans

17 March, 07:33

A program that processes data submitted by the user. Allows a Web server to pass control to a software application, based on user request. The application receives and organizes data, then returns it in a consistent format.

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Brendon Byrd · Answer 1

The correct answer to the following question will be "Common Gateway Interface (CGI) ".

Explanation:

An architecture specification for web applications to implement programs that execute on a computer operated like console applications and dynamically create web pages. Similar applications are referred to as CGI files, or generally, as CGIs, termed as CGI (Common Gateway Interface). Such applications are used to automatically create pages or execute several other functions when somebody is filling out an HTML document and pressing the submit or send button.

Therefore, CGI is the right answer.