Software & Apps File Types 64 64 people found this article helpful What Is a File Extension and MIME Type? A reference to help you identify MIME types and file extensions by Jennifer Kyrnin Freelance Contributor Jennifer Kyrnin is a professional web developer who assists others in learning web design, HTML, CSS, and XML. our editorial process LinkedIn Jennifer Kyrnin Updated on November 12, 2019 reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Lifewire Tech Review Board Member Michael Heine is a CompTIA-certified writer, editor, and Network Engineer with 25+ years' experience working in the television, defense, ISP, telecommunications, and education industries. our review board Article reviewed on Sep 28, 2020 Michael Barton Heine Jr File Types Design Cryptocurrency MS Office Windows Linux Google Drive Apps File Types Backup & Utilities View More Tweet Share Email A multipurpose internet mail extension, or MIME type, is an internet standard that describes the contents of internet files based on their natures and formats. This cataloging helps the browser open the file with the appropriate extension or plugin. Although the term includes the word “mail,” it is used for web pages, too. MIME types contain two parts: a type and a sub-type. The type describes the categorization of MIME types that are linked to each other.In contrast, a subtype is unique to a specific file type that is part of the type. Here is the MIME type for HTML: text/html MIME types are defined in HTML by the type attribute on links, objects, and script and style tags. Distinguishing Among MIME Types vladimir_karpenyuk / Getty Images Following is a list of most MIME types, with their file extensions and the applications that use them. Many computers use file extensions to help identify file types. So, if you have a file with an odd extension on your website, you can look up the MIME type in this list. Some types are prefixed with X, and some are prefixed with VND. These prefixes, respectively, refer to sub-types not listed with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority or values specific to a vendor. MIME Types: Applications Application MIME Type File Extension Corel Envoy application/envoy evy fractal image file application/fractals fif Windows print spool file application/futuresplash spl HTML application application/hta hta Atari ST Program application/internet-property-stream acx BinHex encoded file application/mac-binhex40 hqx Word document application/msword doc Word document template application/msword dot Binary file application/octet-stream * binary disk image application/octet-stream bin Java class file application/octet-stream class Disk Masher image application/octet-stream dms executable file application/octet-stream exe LHARC compressed archive application/octet-stream lha LZH compressed file application/octet-stream lzh CALS raster image application/oda oda ActiveX script application/olescript axs Acrobat file application/pdf pdf Outlook profile file application/pics-rules prf certificate request file application/pkcs10 p10 certificate revocation list file application/pkix-crl crl Adobe Illustrator file application/postscript ai postscript file application/postscript eps postscript file application/postscript ps rich text format file application/rtf rtf set payment initiation application/set-payment-initiation setpay set registration initiation application/set-registration-initiation setreg Excel Add-in file application/vnd.ms-excel xla Excel chart application/vnd.ms-excel xlc Excel macro application/vnd.ms-excel xlm Excel spreadsheet application/vnd.ms-excel xls Excel template application/vnd.ms-excel xlt Excel worspace application/vnd.ms-excel xlw Outlook mail message application/vnd.ms-outlook msg serialized certificate store file application/vnd.ms-pkicertstore sst Windows catalog file application/vnd.ms-pkiseccat cat stereolithography file application/vnd.ms-pkistl stl PowerPoint template application/vnd.ms-powerpoint pot PowerPoint slide show application/vnd.ms-powerpoint pps PowerPoint presentation application/vnd.ms-powerpoint ppt Microsoft Project file application/vnd.ms-project mpp WordPerfect macro application/vnd.ms-works wcm Microsoft Works database application/vnd.ms-works wdb Microsoft Works spreadsheet application/vnd.ms-works wks Microsoft Works word processsor document application/vnd.ms-works wps Windows help file application/winhlp hlp binary CPIO archive application/x-bcpio bcpio computable document format file application/x-cdf cdf Unix compressed file application/x-compress z gzipped tar file application/x-compressed tgz Unix CPIO archive application/x-cpio cpio Photoshop custom shapes file application/x-csh csh Kodak RAW image file application/x-director dcr Adobe Director movie application/x-director dir Macromedia Director movie application/x-director dxr device independent format file application/x-dvi dvi Gnu tar archive application/x-gtar gtar Gnu zipped archive application/x-gzip gz hierarchical data format file application/x-hdf hdf internet settings file application/x-internet-signup ins IIS internet service provider settings application/x-internet-signup isp ARC+ architectural file application/x-iphone iii JavaScript file application/x-javascript js LaTex document application/x-latex latex Microsoft Access database application/x-msaccess mdb Windows CardSpace file application/x-mscardfile crd CrazyTalk clip file application/x-msclip clp dynamic link library application/x-msdownload dll Microsoft media viewer file application/x-msmediaview m13 Steuer2001 file application/x-msmediaview m14 multimedia viewer book source file application/x-msmediaview mvb Windows meta file application/x-msmetafile wmf Microsoft Money file application/x-msmoney mny Microsoft Publisher file application/x-mspublisher pub Turbo Tax tax schedule list application/x-msschedule scd FTR media file application/x-msterminal trm Microsoft Write file application/x-mswrite wri computable document format file application/x-netcdf cdf Mastercam numerical control file application/x-netcdf nc MSX computers archive format application/x-perfmon pma performance monitor counter file application/x-perfmon pmc process monitor log file application/x-perfmon pml Avid persistant media record file application/x-perfmon pmr Pegasus Mail draft stored message application/x-perfmon pmw personal information exchange file application/x-pkcs12 p12 PKCS #12 certificate file application/x-pkcs12 pfx PKCS #7 certificate file application/x-pkcs7-certificates p7b software publisher certificate file application/x-pkcs7-certificates spc certificate request response file application/x-pkcs7-certreqresp p7r PKCS #7 certificate file application/x-pkcs7-mime p7c digitally encrypted message application/x-pkcs7-mime p7m digitally signed email message application/x-pkcs7-signature p7s Bash shell script application/x-sh sh Unix shar archive application/x-shar shar Flash file application/x-shockwave-flash swf Stuffit archive file application/x-stuffit sit system 5 release 4 CPIO file application/x-sv4cpio sv4cpio system 5 release 4 CPIO checksum data application/x-sv4crc sv4crc consolidated Unix file archive application/x-tar tar Tcl script application/x-tcl tcl LaTeX source document application/x-tex tex LaTeX info document application/x-texinfo texi LaTeX info document application/x-texinfo texinfo unformatted manual page application/x-troff roff Turing source code file application/x-troff t TomeRaider 2 ebook file application/x-troff tr Unix manual application/x-troff-man man readme text file application/x-troff-me me 3ds Max script file application/x-troff-ms ms uniform standard tape archive format file application/x-ustar ustar source code application/x-wais-source src internet security certificate application/x-x509-ca-cert cer security certificate application/x-x509-ca-cert crt DER certificate file application/x-x509-ca-cert der public key security object application/ynd.ms-pkipko pko zipped file application/zip zip MIME Types: Sound Files Application MIME Type File Extension audio file audio/basic au sound file audio/basic snd midi file audio/mid mid media processing server studio audio/mid rmi MP3 file audio/mpeg mp3 audio interchange file format audio/x-aiff aif compressed audio interchange file audio/x-aiff aifc audio interchange file format audio/x-aiff aiff media playlist file audio/x-mpegurl m3u Real Audio file audio/x-pn-realaudio ra Real Audio metadata file audio/x-pn-realaudio ram WAVE audio file audio/x-wav wav MIME Types: Image Files Application MIME Type File Extension Bitmap image/bmp bmp compiled source code image/cis-cod cod graphic interchange format image/gif gif image file image/ief ief JPEG image image/jpeg jpe JPEG image image/jpeg jpeg JPEG image image/jpeg jpg JPEG file interchange format image/pipeg jfif scalable vector graphic image/svg+xml svg TIF image image/tiff tif TIF image image/tiff tiff Sun raster graphic image/x-cmu-raster ras Corel metafile exchange image file image/x-cmx cmx icon image/x-icon ico portable any map image image/x-portable-anymap pnm portable bitmap image image/x-portable-bitmap pbm portable graymap image image/x-portable-graymap pgm portable pixmap image image/x-portable-pixmap ppm RGB bitmap image/x-rgb rgb X11 bitmap image/x-xbitmap xbm X11 pixmap image/x-xpixmap xpm X-Windows dump image image/x-xwindowdump xwd MIME Types: Mail Message Files Application MIME Type File Extension MHTML web archive message/rfc822 mht MIME HTML file message/rfc822 mhtml Windows Live Mail newsgroup file message/rfc822 nws MIME Types: Text Files Application MIME Type File Extension Cascading Style Sheet text/css css H.323 internet telephony file text/h323 323 HTML file text/html htm HTML file text/html html Exchange streaming media file text/html stm NetMeeting user location service file text/iuls uls BASIC source code file text/plain bas C/C++ source code file text/plain c C/C++/Objective C header file text/plain h text file text/plain txt rich text file text/richtext rtx Scitext continuous tone file text/scriptlet sct tab separated values file text/tab-separated-values tsv hypertext template file text/webviewhtml htt HTML component file text/x-component htc TeX font encoding file text/x-setext etx vCard file text/x-vcard vcf MIME Types: Video Files Application MIME Type File Extension MPEG-2 audio file video/mpeg mp2 MPEG-2 audio file video/mpeg mpa MPEG movie file video/mpeg mpe MPEG movie file video/mpeg mpeg MPEG movie file video/mpeg mpg MPEG-2 video stream video/mpeg mpv2 MPEG-4 video/mp4 mp4 Apple QuickTime movie video/quicktime mov Apple QuickTime movie video/quicktime qt Logos library system file video/x-la-asf lsf streaming media shortcut video/x-la-asf lsx advanced systems format file video/x-ms-asf asf ActionScript remote document video/x-ms-asf asr Microsoft ASF redirector file video/x-ms-asf asx audio video interleave file video/x-msvideo avi Apple QuickTime movie video/x-sgi-movie movie MIME Types: Virtual World Files Application MIME Type File Extension Flare decompiled actionscript file x-world/x-vrml flr VRML file x-world/x-vrml vrml VRML world x-world/x-vrml wrl compressed VRML world x-world/x-vrml wrz 3ds max XML animation file x-world/x-vrml xaf Reality Lab 3D image file x-world/x-vrml xof Was this page helpful? 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