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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