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A media type (also known as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type) indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes. MIME types are defined and standardized in IETF's RFC 6838. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for all official MIME types, and you can find the most up-to-date and complete list at their Media Types page. Warning: Browsers use the MIME type, not the file extension, to determine how to process a URL, so it's important that web servers send the correct MIME type in the response's Content-Type header. If this is not correctly configured, browsers are likely to misinterpret the contents of files, sites will not work correctly, and downloaded files may be mishandled. A MIME type most commonly consists of just two parts: a type and a subtype, separated by a slash (/) — with no whitespace between: The type represents the general category into which the data type falls, such as video or text. The subtype ident

Media types (MIME types) - HTTP | MDN Skip to main content Skip to search Media types (MIME types) A media type (formerly known as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions or MIME type ) indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes. MIME types are defined and standardized in IETF's RFC 6838 . The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for all official MIME types, and you can find the most up-to-date and complete list at their Media Types page. Warning: Browsers use the MIME type, not the file extension , to determine how to process a URL, so it'

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