technology

examples

interface to arbitrary programs

CGI, ACGI, MS ISAPI, etc.

HTML templates

server-side includes (.shtml files, Unix)
Active Server Pages (.asp files, Microsoft)
server-side Javascript (Netscape)
PHP, hypertext preprocessor (.php3 files, Unix)
Cold Fusion (.cfp files, database etc.)

database servers

FileMaker Pro, etc.

application servers

Netdynamics (now Sun), Netscape (Kiva) App Server, Microsoft Transaction Server, Gemstone, etc.
server-side Java (Netscape)

embedded scripting languages

JavaScript, VBScript

programmable plug-ins

Java, Director, ActiveX, etc.

dynamic HTML

MS, Netscape DHTML

Note: All client-side approaches require browser support. All server-side approaches require a particular web server.