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Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting

  • From: Andrew Brown
  • Date: Thu Aug 31 10:27:47 2000

>> the mime type is made up, usually based on the file's extension, which
>> is, of course, passed along with the contents of the file when you
>> transfer it.  it's no extra information in this context.
>> 
>
> What's a file extension?

it's the last alphanumeric token in a string delimited by dots.  for
example:

.com means internet/commercial
.net means internet/networking
.org means internet/non-prof-org
.gov means internet/us-fed-gov
.edu means internet/four-year-degree-granting-educational-instition

oh...never mind.  :)

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