ociated with an HTTP
request, plus an extra stream of data from a file stored on the Web
server, and generates a "filtered" version of the data stream as
an HTTP response.  The framework is extensible so that more FastCGI
can be defined later.<p>

In the remainder of this specification the terms "FastCGI
application," "application process," or "application server" are
abbreviated to "application" whenever that won't cause confusion.<p>



<h3><a name = "S2">2. Initial Process State</a></h3>


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