[Chapter 21] Reference: MimeType.description
Author: David Flanagan
Date: Fri Aug 29 11:18:04 1997

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| Chapter 21 JavaScript Reference |

# MimeType.description Property

## Name

MimeType.description Property---a description of a MIME type

## Availability

Navigator 3.0

## Synopsis

    mimetype.description

## Description

The `description` property of a MimeType object is a human-readable description (in English) of the data type described by the MimeType. This description is more verbose and understandable than the `name` property.

## See Also

"MimeType", "MimeType.type", "Navigator", "Plugin"

MimeType |  | MimeType.enabledPlugin