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CGI

or cgi

[ see-jee-ahy ]

abbreviation for

Computers.
  1. computer-generated images; computer-generated imagery: digitally created graphics used in movies and other visual media, often in the form of 3D animation: CG.

    The latest movie in the franchise uses more practical effects and less CGI than its predecessors.

  2. Common Gateway Interface: a protocol for instructing a server to execute a user-generated script on an interactive website, such as when a user enters a query using an online form and receives information retrieved from a database (often used attributively):

    CGI enhances the utility of a site by enabling user interaction.

    A CGI script allows users of the site to search for information on a particular local physician.



CGI

abbreviation for

  1. computer-generated image or imagery
  2. common gateway interface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of CGI1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

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The BFI said this version of the film is rarely publicly screened since George Lucas' produced special editions were released in the 1990s, altering some plot points and adding other CGI characters.

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It was so disappointing to the point that I thought they were CGI.

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The thought of Coogan acting opposite a CGI penguin is chilling.

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With its creepy CGI dwarfs and muddled tone, Disney's latest live-action remake is "not calamitous" but is "a mind-boggling mash-up", the BBC's Nicholas Barber said.

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And there is an ongoing debate about whether there should have been dwarfs in the film at all, live or CGI.

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