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CGI Joe noun. A programmer who specializes in the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts that accept and handle input from most Web page forms.

Example Citation:
"Web forms are easy to build, but processing their data requires programming, so many Webmasters hire the services of a CGI Joe to create the necessary scripts."

Subject Categories:
Computers - Internet
Computers - Programming and Software

Posted on May 23, 1997 at 9:52 AM


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