Web : MIME(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type)

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A media type (also known as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type) indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes. MIME types are defined and standardized in IETF's RFC 6838.

Structure of a MIME type A simplest MIME type consists of a type and a subtype. A MIME type comprises these strings concatenated with a slash (/). No whitespace is allowed in a MIME type:

type/subtype

For example,

text/plain
video/mp4

reference

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types