Mime Type

From CSS Discuss

What is a MIME Type? MIME stands for Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions. MIME types form a standard way of classifying file types on the Internet. Internet programs such as Web servers and browsers all have a list of MIME types, so that they can transfer files of the same type in the same way, no matter what operating system they are working in.

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Examples of MIME types are "text/html" for HTML pages, and "text/css" for Cascading Style Sheets .