Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) [r]: Formats used to encode graphics, binary data, and other non-text items for inclusion in an email message. [e]

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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) are methods of including binary and other non-text objects in an email, and sending it through a system that will handle only text.