MIME
- Glossary of Terms
GIF
- GIF is a data stream-oriented file format used to define the transmission
protocol of LZW-encoded
bitmap data. Read more details.
- JPEG
- It is a standardized image compression mechanism. JPEG stands for Joint
Photographic Experts Group, the original name of the committee that wrote
the standard. Read more explanations.
- MIME
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a new Internet standard for sending
electronic mail defined in RFCs 1521
& 1522.
- MPEG
- MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) is an attempt to generate standards
for digital video (sequences of images in time) and audio compression. MPEG
itself is a nickname. The official name is: ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29. For information
click here.
- RFC
- Request For Comments. A series of technical documents written during the
evolution of the Internet. Among other things, the official documentation
of Internet standards are defined in different RFCs. These documents are free
and are widely available.
- SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for transporting e-mail
defined by RFC
821.
- SMTP
Extensions
- A modification of SMTP which enables, for example, 8-bit transport. See
some more information in the standards which are defined in RFC
1651, RFC
1652 and RFC
1653.
- US-ASCII
- The "7-bit American Standard Code for Information Interchange",
ANSI X3.4-1986.
- X.400
- A Message Handling System developed by CCITT and ISO, made to satisfy most
of the requirements for a complete electronic mail system. You can find more
information about it in the following X.400
directory.
