CGI

Or cgi

[see-jee-ahy]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation

Computers.

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

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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In 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” Peter Cushing’s Grand Moff Tarkin was recreated through a mix of motion capture, CGI and archival material, decades after Cushing’s death.

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No CGI or green screen was used, with the "infected" actors sometimes spending hours in the make-up chair.

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Terrible tings goen happen if Jar Jar remains nothing more than the most annoying and unnecessary CGI character ever to please George Lucas.

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A revival of “The Matrix” opens Thursday in what the company calls “shared reality,” a marketing term that ultimately means newly created CGI animation towers, over, under and around the original 1999 film.

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Seemingly, “The Matrix” fits this plan, as the accompanying CGI images have been in the works since about August 2024, says Rinsky, with the bulk of the heavy lifting beginning in January.

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