| MIME MIME
has absolutely nothing to do with Marcel Marceau. It's a way to extend the
power of Web browsers to handle graphics, sound, multimedia--anything but
text. (Remember, HTML handles nothing but text--everything else is an
extension.) MIME is also used for binary email attachments. Browsers
recognize MIME types in categories and file types, separated by a slash
(such as image/gif). If you've registered a MIME type, the browser decodes
the file and launches a helper application. |