Q-4 What is a "MIME Type"?

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is used to extend the format of the internet emails to send non-textual,Non-ASCII data such as pdf,image etc through a E-mail.MIME Type- in the response header we have Content-Type: text/html this is called MIME type as it describes the type of data that is sent as a response to the Client.This Content-Type can have only those formats which are also in Accept field in the request header.