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    <li><a HREF="#S9">9. References</a>
    <li><a HREF="#SA">A. Table: Properties of the record types</a>
    <li><a HREF="#SB">B. Typical Protocol Message Flow</a>
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<h3><a name = "S1">1. Introduction</a></h3>

FastCGI is an open extension to CGI that provides high performance
for all Internet applications without the penalties of Web server
APIs.<p>

This specification has narrow
goal: to specify, from an application perspective, the
interface between a FastCGI application and a Web s