Uploads Glossary

Browse 3 uploads terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Uploads Terms

Chunk Upload
An upload approach that splits a large file into smaller chunks transmitted separately so progress can be resumed, retried, or parallelized. Chunk uploads are...
File Type Validation
The process of confirming that an uploaded or processed file is really the type it claims to be, using MIME checks, magic bytes, parsing, or allowlists rather...
MIME Type Attack
An attack that abuses mismatches or trust in MIME types so a file or response is handled more dangerously than intended, such as executable content being...

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