What does CGI stands for? How about PHP? Does PHP stands for Perl?

CGI: Common Gateway Interface.

PHP: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor

PHP originally meant Personal Home Page but as the language grew they decided to change the name. It is a recursive acronym (P meaning PHP in which P means PHP in which P means... )

Ok, I just learnt that Perl stands for Practical Extraction and Reporting Language. It's a programming language used for creating CGI programs on Web servers. No wonder Perl seems to be always associated with CGI...

ok i went and found some more

ADE =Microsoft Access Project Extension
ADP =Microsoft Access Project
ASX =Windows Media Audio / Video shortcut
BAS =Visual Basic Module
BAT =Batch File
CHM =Compiled HTML Help File
CMD =Windows NT Command Script
COM =MS-DOS Application
CPL =Control Panel Extension
CRT =Security Certificate
DLL =dynamic link library
EXE =Application
HLP =Windows Help File
HTA =HTML program
INF =Setup Information File
INS =Internet Naming Service
ISP =Internet Communication Settings
JS =JScript File
JSE =JScript Encoded Script File
LNK =Shortcut
MDB =Microsoft Access Application
MDE =Microsoft Access MDE Database
MDT =Microsoft Access Add-in Data
MDW =Microsoft Access Workgroup Information
MDZ =Microsoft Access Wizard program
MSC =Microsoft Common Console Document
MSI =Windows Installer Package
MSP =Windows Installer Patch
MST =Visual Test Source File
PCD =Photo CD Image or Microsoft Visual Test compiled script
PIF =Shortcut to MS-DOS Program
PL =Perl script: only dangerous if Perl is installed on that particular computer
PM =Perl script module: only dangerous if Perl is installed on that particular computer
REG =Registration Entries
SCF =Windows Explorer command
SCR =Screen Saver
SCT =Windows Script Component
SHB =Shortcut into a document
SHS =Shell Scrap Object
URL =Internet Shortcut (Uniform Resource Locator)
VB =VBScript File
VBE =VBScript Encoded Script File
VBS =VBScript Script File
WS =Windows Script File
WSC =Windows Script Component
WSF =Windows Script File
WSH =Windows Scripting Host Settings File

Ok correct me if i am wrong VB Stands for VB script File OR Visual Basic Script file

VB stands for Visual Basic.

what about INI what dose it stand for?

INI stands for initialisation, which is a file extension used on text files which is commonly used to set default program variables at the start of a program when executed.

This will let the program that uses this ini file to know certain things it should be performed, a common windows .ini file would be the boot.ini where you setup the booting section partitions, how long it times out etc.


Cheers, MC

Here's a site that provides definitions to terms and acronyms of everything related to the web. The site's name is Webopedia: an online dictionary and search engine for computer and internet technology definitions. Dunno if you guys heard of it before or know about it. Anyways, that's where i lookup web terms and acronyms if i don't know 'em.

Keep in mind that because extension types are designed to reflect the type of file, some different files share the same extension type. For example, .BAS can either be a VB module or a QBasic program. .OBJ is used for files that the creating program terms as an object file, but what that means differs for the creating program. .SKN frequently means a skin file for a game, but for every different engine this format is different. And .IFF is an extension used by The Sims for objects, but it also serves another more practical purpose. Don't always assume that because a file has a certain extension, it is that kind of file.