Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) is an accepted system of extensions used on computer systems. Such a standardization makes it easy to specify a file type and feel confident other computers will understand it. This table includes some of the popular file types you might encounter when creating web pages.
| S.No | MIME Type | File Extension | Name and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | application/excel application/msexcel |
.xl .xls .xlsx |
Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet) |
| 2 | application/mac-binhex40 | .hqx | Macintosh Binhex format (file compression) |
| 3 | application/msword | .doc .word .docx |
Microsoft Word document (word processing) |
| 4 | application/octet-stream | .exe | Windows/DOS programs |
| 5 | application/pdf | Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PostScript/printer-friendly files) | |
| 6 | application/postscript | .ai .eps .ps |
PostScript document |
| 7 | application/rtf | .rtf | Rich Text Format (word processing) |
| 8 | application/vnd.m-realmedia | .rm | RealMedia file (audio and video) |
| 9 | application/x-director | .dcr .dir .dxr |
Macromedia Director file (presentation/ animation/multimedia) |
| 10 | application/x-javascript | .js | JavaScript file |
| 11 | application/x-macbinary | .bin | Macintosh binary file (file compression) |
| 12 | application/x-shockwave-flash | .swf | Macromedia Flash 2.0+ file (presentation/ animation/multimedia) |
| 13 | application/x-stuffit | .sit | Stuffit Archive (file compression) |
| 14 | application/zip | .zip | ZIP archive (file compression) |
| 15 | audio/basic | .au .snd |
AU/mlaw (basic audio) |
| 16 | audio/vnd.m-realaudio | .ra .ram |
RealAudio file |
| 17 | audio/x-aiff | .aif .aiff .aife |
Audio Interchange File Format |
| 18 | audio/x-mpeg | .mp2 .mp3 |
MP2/MP3 audio file |
| 19 | audio/x-mpegurl | .m3u .mp3url |
MP3 text file (links to sound file) |
| 20 | audio/x-wav | .wav | Windows Waveform audio format |
| 21 | audio/x-midi | .mid | Musical Instruments Digital Interface (MIDI) sound files |
| 22 | audio/x-pn-realaudio | .ra .ram |
RealAudio file |
| 23 | audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin | .rpm | RealAudio plug-in page |
| 24 | image/gif | .gif | Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) |
| 25 | image/jpeg | .jpeg .jpg |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) |
| 26 | image/pict | .pic .pict |
Macintosh picture |
| 27 | image/tiff | .tif .tiff |
TIFF image |
| 28 | image/x-bitmap | .xbm .bmp |
Windows Bitmap Format (BMP) |
| 29 | text/html | .html .htm .shtm .shtml .xhtml |
Hypertext Markup Language document (HTML) |
| 30 | text/plain | .txt | Plain text document (no formatting) |
| text/xml | .xml | Extensible Markup Language document (XML) | |
| 31 | video/mpeg | .mpg .mpeg .mpe .mp4 .wmv |
MPEG Video file |
| 32 | video/quicktime | .qt .mov |
QuickTime refers both to the file format and the helper application or plug-in used to play it |
| 33 | video/vnd.m-realvideo | .rv | RealVideo file |
| 34 | video/x-msvideo | .avi | Audio/Video Interleave Format is the standard nonstreaming Microsoft Windows Video format |
