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CGI

CGI is the initialism of Computer-Generated Imagery.

CGI is the initialism of Common Gateway Interface.

Meaning of Common Gateway Interface

Proper noun

Common Gateway Interface

  1. (Internet) A protocol for calling external software via a Web server to deliver dynamic content.

Verb

CGI (third-person singular simple present CGIs, present participle CGIing, simple past and past participle CGIed or CGI'd)

  1. (informal, transitive) To create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.
    • When a Transformer turns into a car, do you think it's a real car or was it also CGIed?

Synonyms of CGI

Forms of CGI

third-person singular presentCGIs
present participleCGIing
past participleCGIed
pastCGIed
past participleCGI'd
pastCGI'd

Questions about CGI

What does CGI mean?
CGI means to create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.
What is CGI the initialism of?
CGI is the initialism of Computer-Generated Imagery.
What part of speech is CGI?
CGI is a verb.
What is the past tense of CGI?
The past tense of CGI is CGIed.

Words near CGI in the dictionary

  1. CGD
  2. CGDCT
  3. CGDK
  4. CGEL
  5. CGH
  6. CGI
  7. CGI'd
  8. CGIs
  9. CGJ
  10. CGJs
  11. CGL

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: CGI (page history and authors); Common Gateway Interface (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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