CGI

or cgi

[ see-jee-ahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation for

Computers.

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.
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

computer-generated image or imagery
common gateway interface

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Word History and Origins

Origin of CGI¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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�� cinema and CGI can do is fantastic, and I love it, but when you see somebody vanish in front of your own eyes, subverting the laws of physics in the same room you’re sitting in, it’s thrilling.

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The film’s astounding facial performance is fully practical, without any CGI embellishments, Saxon says.

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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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CGBR cgm.

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