Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.

MIME extends the format of Internet mail to allow non-US-ASCII textual messages, non-textual messages, multipart message bodies, and non-US-ASCII information in message headers.