Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
     
         (MIME) A {standard} for multi-part,
        {multimedia} {electronic mail} messages and {World-Wide Web}
        {hypertext} documents on the {Internet}.  MIME provides the
        ability to transfer non-textual data, such as graphics,
        {audio} and fax.  It is defined in {RFC 2045}, {RFC 2046},
        {RFC 2047}, {RFC 2048}, {RFC 2049}, and {BCP0013}.  It uses
        {mimencode} to encode binary data into {base 64} using a
        subset of {ASCII}.
     
        {FAQ
       
     (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/mail/mime-faq/top.html)}.
     
        (1995-04-04)