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July 28th, 2007

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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