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In this section we'll discuss one of the more popular
uses of Perl - making CGI scripts for web pages.
CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface, and
is an agreement amongst computers how they can handle
submission of form data.
Such scripts are used primarily with forms
to get and process information sent from a client.
Before doing this, though, we have to explore how
communication is carried out over the web.
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