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)