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MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)

MIME is an Internet standard for specifying what happens when a Web browser requests a file with certain characteristics. A file’s suffix describes the type of file it is, and you determine how you want the server to respond when it receives files with certain suffixes. Each suffix and its associated response is called a MIME type mapping.

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