| MIME Type | Description |
| text/plain |
Plain text. Default if data is primarily text and no other type detected. |
| text/html |
HTML. Default if common tags detected and server does not supply image/* type. |
| text/xml |
XML data. Default if data specifies <?xml with an unrecognized DTD. |
| text/richtext |
Rich Text Format (RTF). |
| text/scriptlet |
Windows script component. |
| audio/x-aiff |
Audio Interchange File, Macintosh. |
| audio/basic |
Audio file, UNIX. |
| audio/mid |
Internet Explorer 7 and later. MIDI sequence. |
| audio/wav |
Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) Wave audio, Windows. |
| image/gif |
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). |
| image/jpeg |
JPEG image. |
| image/pjpeg |
Default type for JPEG images. |
| image/png |
Internet Explorer 7 and later. Portable Network Graphics (PNG). |
| image/x-png |
Internet Explorer 7 and later. Default type for PNG images. |
| image/tiff |
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image. |
| image/bmp |
Bitmap (BMP) image. |
| image/x-xbitmap |
Removed from Internet Explorer 8. |
| image/x-jg |
AOL Johnson-Grace compressed file. |
| image/x-emf |
Enhanced Metafile (EMF). |
| image/x-wmf |
Windows Metafile Format (WMF). |
| video/avi |
Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) file. |
| video/mpeg |
MPEG stream file. |
| application/octet-stream |
Binary file. Default if data is primarily binary. |
| application/postscript |
PostScript (.ai, .eps, or .ps) file. |
| application/base64 |
Base64-encoded bytes. |
| application/macbinhex40 |
BinHex for Macintosh. |
| application/pdf |
Portable Document Format (PDF). |
| application/xml |
XML data. Must be server-supplied. See also "text/xml" type. |
| application/atom+xml |
Internet Explorer 7 and later. Atom Syndication Format feed. |
| application/rss+xml |
Internet Explorer 7 and later. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed. |
| application/x-compressed |
UNIX tar file, Gzipped. |
| application/x-zip-compressed |
Compressed archive file. |
| application/x-gzip-compressed |
Gzip compressed archive file. |
| application/java |
Java applet. |
| application/x-msdownload |
Executable (.exe or .dll) file. |