4.5. File (MIME) Types – Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition [Book]
application/excel
.xl
Microsoft Excel
B
application/mac-binhex40
.hqx
Mac BinHex archive
B
application/msword
.doc, .dot, .word,.w6w
Microsoft Word document
B
application/pdf
Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat file)
B
application/postscript
.ai
PostScript viewer
A
application/postscript
.eps
Encapsulated PostScript
A
application/postscript
.ps
PostScript file
A
application/powerpoint
.ppt, .pot
PowerPoint file
B
application/rtf
.rtf
Rich Text Format (Microsoft Word)
A
application/vnd.ms-excel
.xll, .xls
Microsoft Excel File
B
application/xml
.xml
Generic XML
A
application/xml+xhtml
.htm, .html
XHTML document
A
application/x-director
.dcr, .dir, .dxr
Shockwave files
B
application/x-gzip
.gz, .gzip
GNU zip (Unix decompressor)
B
application/x-msdownload
.exe
Self-extracting file or executable
B
application/x-perl
.pl
Perl source file
A
application/x-sea
.sea
Self-extracting archive (StuffIt file)
B
application/x-sit
.sit
StuffIt archive
B
application/x-shockwave-flash
.swf
Shockwave Flash file
B
application/x-stuffit
.sit
StuffIt Archive
B
application/x-tar
.tar
Compressed file
B
application/x-zip or application/x-zip-compressed
.zip
Compressed file (decompress using WinZip or StuffIt on Mac)
B
audio/aifc
.aifc
Compressed AIFF file
B
audio/basic
.au
μ-law sound file
B
audio/basic
.snd
Digitized sound file
B
audio/midi or audio/x-midi
.mid
MIDI audio file
B
audio/x-aiff
.aif, .aiff
AIFF file
B
audio/x-mpeg
.mp3
MP3 audio file
B
audio/x-ms-wma
.wma
Windows Media audio file
B
audio/x-ms-wax
.wax
Windows Media audio metafile
B
audio/x-pn-realaudio
.ra, .ram
RealAudio file (and metafile)
B
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
.rpm
RealAudio (plug-in)
B
audio/x-wav
.wav, .aiff
Windows WAV audio file
B
image/gif
.gif
Graphic in GIF format
B
image/jpeg
.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe,.jfif, .pjpeg, .pjp
Graphic in JPEG format
B
image/tiff
.tif, .tiff
TIFF image (requires external viewer)
B
image/x-MS-bmp
.bmp
Microsoft BMP file
B
image/x-photo-cd
.pcd
Kodak Photo CD image
B
image/x-pict
.pic
PICT image file
B
image/x-png or image/png
.png
Graphic in PNG format
B
image/x-portable-bitmap
.pbm
Portable bitmap image
B
text/html
.htm
HTML document
A
text/plain
.txt
ASCII text file
A
text/richtext
.rtx
Rich Text Format (Microsoft Word)
A
text/xml
.xml
Generic XML document
A
video/avi or video/x-msvideo
.avi
AVI video file
B
video/mpeg
.mpg, .mpe, .mpeg,.m1v, .mp2, .mp3,.mpa
MPEG movie
B
video/quicktime
.mov
QuickTime movie
B
video/quicktime
.qt
QuickTime movie
B
video/x-ms-asf
.asf
Windows Media (legacy)
B
video/x-ms-asx
.asx
Windows Media metafile (legacy)
B
video/x-ms-wmv
.wmv
Windows Media video file
B
video/x-ms-wmx
.wmx
Windows Media video metafile
B
video/x-sgi-movie
.movie
Silicon Graphics movie
B
x-world/x-vrml
.wrl, .wrz
VRML 3D file (requires VRML viewer)
B
