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MIME types

The following is an unofficial list of some common MIME types in use on the Internet and their associated extensions.

This file is derived from the mime.types file included with the Apache Webserver, September 1996.

See RFC2045, RFC2046 and related for the MIME specifications, and the IANA assigned media types for further details about specific MIME types.

MIME types and extensions

MIME typeExtension(s)
application/activemessage 
application/andrew-inset 
application/applefile 
application/atomicmail 
application/dca-rft 
application/dec-dx 
application/mac-binhex40 hqx
application/mac-compactpro cpt
application/macwriteii 
application/msword doc
application/news-message-id 
application/news-transmission 
application/octet-stream bin dms lha lzh exe class
application/oda oda
application/pdf pdf
application/postscript ai eps ps
application/powerpoint ppt
application/remote-printing 
application/rtf rtf
application/slate 
application/wita 
application/wordperfect5.1 
application/x-bcpio bcpio
application/x-cdlink vcd
application/x-compress 
application/x-cpio cpio
application/x-csh csh
application/x-director dcr dir dxr
application/x-dvi dvi
application/x-gtar gtar
application/x-gzip 
application/x-hdf hdf
application/x-koan skp skd skt skm
application/x-latex latex
application/x-mif mif
application/x-netcdf nc cdf
application/x-sh sh
application/x-shar shar
application/x-stuffit sit
application/x-sv4cpiosv4cpio
application/x-sv4crcsv4crc
application/x-tar tar
application/x-tcl tcl
application/x-tex tex
application/x-texinfo texinfo texi
application/x-troff t tr roff
application/x-troff-man man
application/x-troff-me me
application/x-troff-ms ms
application/x-ustar ustar
application/x-wais-source src
application/zip zip
audio/basic au snd
audio/midi mid midi kar
audio/mpeg mpga mp2
audio/x-aiff aif aiff aifc
audio/x-pn-realaudio ram
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin rpm
audio/x-realaudio ra
audio/x-wav wav
chemical/x-pdb pdb xyz
image/gif gif
image/ief ief
image/jpeg jpeg jpg jpe
image/png png
image/tiff tiff tif
image/x-cmu-raster ras
image/x-portable-anymap pnm
image/x-portable-bitmap pbm
image/x-portable-graymap pgm
image/x-portable-pixmap ppm
image/x-rgb rgb
image/x-xbitmap xbm
image/x-xpixmap xpm
image/x-xwindowdump xwd
message/external-body 
message/news 
message/partial 
message/rfc822 
multipart/alternative 
multipart/appledouble 
multipart/digest 
multipart/mixed 
multipart/parallel 
text/html html htm
text/plain txt
text/richtext rtx
text/tab-separated-values tsv
text/x-setext etx
text/x-sgml sgml sgm
video/mpeg mpeg mpg mpe
video/quicktime qt mov
video/x-msvideo avi
video/x-sgi-movie movie
x-conference/x-cooltalk ice
x-world/x-vrml wrl vrml


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