Server-Side

Server-side technology refers to the various web technologies that deal with the server end of a www transaction, i.e. with the HTTP server. Such technologies include :

• CGI
  CGI, or Common Gateway Interface is a standard for interfacing external applications with information servers, such as HTTP or Web servers. I implement CGI scripts using Perl.
• Apache
  Apache is the most popular web server software
• ISAPI
  ISAPI, or Internet Server Application Programming Interface is the equivalent of NSAPI for Microsoft's Internet Information Server.
• XML
  XML, extensible markup language enables data interface and exchange.
• Active Server Pages
  Microsoft's Active Server Pages is the server-side execution environment for IIS that enables you to run ActiveX Server Components on the server.