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This setting selects the script platform, which you will host or distribute your search engine with. Select from either PHP, ASP, ASP.NET or CGI for server-side searches, or Javascript format for client-side searches.

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If you do not know which format best suits your method of distribution, see "When to use a server-side search engine (PHP, ASP, ASP.NET or CGI)" and "When to use a client-side search engine (Javascript)".

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Note: Clicking on the CGI option will popup a window allowing you to select the target OS on which the CGI will run (this would be the OS of your web server).

See also:

What is PHP?
What is ASP?
What is ASP.NET?
What is Javascript?
What is CGI?