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MIME

Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions are inserted by servers at the beginning of every Web transmission. Clients use this header to select an appropriate "player" application. Some of these players are built into the web browser, other players may be already separately installed, while others may need to be downloaded before the file can be presented. MIME is specified in several "Request for Comments" to the Internet Engineering Task Force.

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