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MIME type

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001502

A standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or byte stream, originally designed for email attachments but now widely used in web protocols. It consists of a type and a subtype, separated by a slash, such as "text/html" for HTML documents or "image/jpeg" for JPEG images. Web browsers use MIME types to determine how to handle received content.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001502
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001502",
  "term": "MIME type",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or byte stream, originally designed for email attachments but now widely used in web protocols. It consists of a type and a subtype, separated by a slash, such as \"text/html\" for HTML documents or \"image/jpeg\" for JPEG images. Web browsers use MIME types to determine how to handle received content.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/mime-type/"
}

Record 831 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.