MIME type in jsp

In jsp page direc开发者_如何学Ctives we mentioned contentType="MIME-Type", in this MIME means what?

MIME means Multi purpose Internet Mail extensions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type and the RFC

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an Internet standard for describes message content types.

MIME messages can contain text, images, audio, video, and other application-specific data.

Official MIME info is provided by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) http://www.w3schools.com/media/media_mimeref.asp