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Question: MIME is a protocol used in everything from e-mail attachments to HTTP headers. What does the acronym MIME stand for?
- Method for Implementing Multimedia E-mail
- Multipurpose Internet Media Extensions
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- My, Internet Mail is Expensive
Answer: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIME, formalized in 1993, was originally designed to get around the 7-bit ASCII-only message content required by Internet mail.
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