- A two-part identifier for file formats and format contents transmitted on the Internet, like
text/plain
. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the official authority for the standardization and publication of these classifications. Media types were originally defined in 1996, in RFC 2045, as a part of the MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) specification. ← Wikipedia
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