AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is MIME type?
MIME type (also called Media type): A standard label of the form type/subtype, such as text/html or image/png, that says what kind of data a file or message contains. Browsers and servers use it to decide how to handle content.
MIME type: an example
A server sending a PDF labels it application/pdf so the browser knows to show a document viewer.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Moore's law
- Multiprocessing
- Multithreading
- Mutex
- Nameserver
- Network address translation
- Network protocol
- NVMe
Where you learn it
MIME type is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.