CGI

American  

[see-jee-ahy] / ˈsiˈdʒiˈaɪ /

Or cgi

abbreviation

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: null 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.

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CGI British  

abbreviation

1. computer-generated image or imagery

2. common gateway interface

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Etymology

Origin of CGI

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The movie, which is still in early development, will feature the fanged monsters in a "live-action and CGI hybrid", Pop Mart said.

From Barron's

Praise for Gosling was echoed by Lord, who says the actor succeeds in creating chemistry with his co-star, a "half CGI, half puppet" alien called Rocky, with whom he works together to try to save the planet.

From BBC

Yellowstone elevated television to a new level, and did so without special effects or CGI, but instead via a combination of compelling story, strong writing and acting, and cinematography that rivaled that of movies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Back in 2018, Sony Pictures Animation dazzled the industry when “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” introduced an approach that mixed 3D CGI with traditional hand-drawn animation.

From Los Angeles Times

The frequent appearance of animated creatures suggests someone was quite fond of the CGI available, but the 3-D images of fossilized remains on the screens of the biological historians—and how they read them—are consistently fascinating.

From The Wall Street Journal