A Complete Guide to Web Design

File (MIME) Types 63

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File (MIME) Types

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.png image/x-png Graphic in PNG

format

B

.ppt application/

powerpoint

PowerPoint file B

.ps application/

postscript

PostScript file A

.qt video/quicktime QuickTime movie B

.ra, .ram audio/x-pn-

realaudio

RealAudio file (and

metafile)

B

.rtx text/richtext Rich Text Format

(Microsoft Word)

A

.rtf application/rtf Rich Text Format

(MSWord)

A

.sea application/

x-sea

Self-extracting

Archive (Stuffit file)

B

.sit application/

x-sit

Stuffit Archive B

.snd audio/basic Digitized sound file B

.swf application/x-

shockwave-flash

Shockwave Flash file B

.tar application/

x-tar

Compressed file B

.tif, .tiff image/tiff TIFF image (requires

external viewer)

B

.txt text/plain ASCII text file A

.wav audio/s-wav Waveform audio file B

.wrl, .wrz x-world/x-vrml VRML 3D file

(requires VRML

viewer)

B

.xll application/

vnd.ms-excel

Microsoft Excel File B

.zip application/

x-zip-compressed

Compressed file

(decompress using

WinZip or Stuffit on

Mac)

B

Table 4-3: MIME Types and Subtypes by Extension (continued)

Extension Type/Subtype Description

ASCII/

Binary