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This class represents a MIME-types database. By default, it provides access to
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the same database as the rest of this module. The initial database is a copy of
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- that provided by the module, and may be extended by loading additional
+the same database as the rest of this module. The initial database is created from
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+Python's built-in MIME type tables. It may be extended by loading additional
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:file:`mime.types`\ -style files into the database using the :meth:`read` or
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:meth:`readfp` methods. The mapping dictionaries may also be cleared before
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loading additional data if the default data is not desired.
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