MIME Types: A List

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) are used by WWW and Gopher (called Gopher Type). They are used in mapping resources (files) to actions of servers and clients.

Server software map file extensions to a MIME types (if they have a MIME type listed for a given file extension. If a mapping is found, the MIME type is sent with the requested resource. The MIME is sent first.

A client uses MIME types to map to applications. If no MIME type accompanies the resource (file), the client looks at the file extension, maps that to a MIME type, and then to an application.

The following list shows mappings that come with the NCSA HTTP server. Sub-sets of these mappings are found with most client and server software. Note: Gopher software calls the types Gopher Types. For more details on MIME, see the NCSA X Mosaic documentation at:

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/extension-map.html 

MIME Type           Common File
                    Extensions

application/mac-binhex40		hqx
application/octet-stream		bin
application/oda			oda
application/pdf			pdf
application/postscript		ai eps ps
application/rtf			rtf
application/x-mif 			mif
application/x-csh			csh
application/x-dvi 			dvi
application/x-hdf			hdf
application/x-latex 			latex
application/x-netcdf 			nc cdf
application/x-sh			sh
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-wais-source		src
application/zip			zip
application/x-bcpio			bcpio
application/x-cpio			cpio
application/x-gtar			gtar
application/x-shar 			shar
application/x-sv4cpio		sv4cpio
application/x-sv4crc			sv4crc
application/x-tar			tar
application/x-ustar			ustar
audio/basic				au snd
audio/x-aiff				aif aiff aifc
audio/x-wav				wav
image/gif				gif
image/ief				ief
image/jpeg				jpeg   jpg   jpe
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
text/html				html htm htl
text/plain				txt c cc h
text/richtext				rtx
text/tab-separated-values		tsv
text/x-setext				etx
video/mpeg				mpeg mpg mpe
video/quicktime			qt mov moov
video/x-msvideo			avi
video/x-sgi-movie			movie
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