What Does Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions Type (MIME Type) Mean?
Techopedia Explains Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions Type (MIME Type)
Standardization and publication of the classifications related to MIME types are overseen by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). All MIME types must be registered using the IANA registration process. Internet applications such as Web browsers and Web servers have a list of MIME types which help them to transfer files in the same fashion regardless of the operating system they are associated with. MIME types help Internet applications such as Web browsers to determine the actions that can be performed on the file. Apart from the type and subtype, the MIME type can contain additional attributes after a semicolon.
