Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A communications protocol that allows for the transmission of data in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.

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  • proper noun networking Acronym of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, an Internet standard that extends the formatting and content capabilities of email.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[M(ultipurpose) I(nternet) M(ail) E(xtensions).]

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Examples

  • HTML 5 & XHTML 5: MIME is the answer from Molly reflects my own struggle with the specs.

    Web Teacher › Useful Links: HTML 5, titles 2009

  • Text messages sent from cell phones are known as MIME Emails; that is, they're VERY similar to emails in the way they look.

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

  • Text messages sent from cell phones are known as MIME Emails; that is, they're VERY similar to emails in the way they look.

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

  • The way that emails handle multiple formats and attachments is called MIME Handling.

    phpBB.com JakeStew 2009

  • Question 77: An oddness and no more at this point was to see Mr Dorries listing "MIME" and "CEng" after his name in all the planning correspondence.

    Labour of Love 2010

  • Question 77: An oddness and no more at this point was to see Mr Dorries listing "MIME" and "CEng" after his name in all the planning correspondence.

    Labour of Love 2010

  • Question 77: An oddness and no more at this point was to see Mr Dorries listing "MIME" and "CEng" after his name in all the planning correspondence.

    Labour of Love 2009

  • With Judge Mosman's opinion in mind, I think ethical lawyers should just get in the habit of using GPG or S/MIME for all their email.

    Discourse.net: Annals of Phishing 2009

  • VERY RARE pokemon card STAR MR. MIME 70HP 28/111 LOOK!

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6285 2009

  • MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619. 2)

    STANLEY BRYON MAXCY JR 2010

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