MIME

MIME is the shortened form of the complete term i.e. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It is particular description used to format the non-ASCII messages in order to send them over the Internet. Nowadays a number of e-mail clients are supporting MIME that enabled them to received ad send the graphics, video as well as audio files over the internet mail.

MIME also supports the messaging in the character set in addition to ASCII.

Many predefined types of MIME exist nowadays. For example GIF graphics files as well as the PostScript files. You can also define your own MIME types now.

Moreover, despite the e-mail applications, the Web browsers also supporting different types of MIME. This added arrangement is enabling the browsers to demonstrate the files which are not in the HTML formats.