Type |
X-subtype |
Description |
application |
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Subtypes of an application; the name of the subtype is usually a file format name or an application name. |
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x-aiff |
SGI's AIFF audio data format. |
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x-bitmap |
An X Windows bitmap image. |
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x-gzip |
Data compressed in the GNU gzip format. |
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x-dvi |
A TeX DVI document. |
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x-framemaker |
A FrameMaker document. |
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x-latex |
A LaTeX document. |
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x-macBinHex40 |
Identical to application/mac-BinHex40, but older software may use this x-type instead. |
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x-mif |
A FrameMaker MIF document. |
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x-sd |
A session directory protocol announcement, used to announce MBONE events. |
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x-shar |
A shell archive; the Unix equivalent of a Windows or Macintosh self-extracting archive. Software shouldn't be configured to unpack shell archives automatically, because a shell archive can call any program the user who runs it has the rights to call. |
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x-tar |
A tar archive. |
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x-gtar |
A GNU tar archive. |
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x-tcl |
A tool command language (TCL) program. You should never configure your web browser or email program to automatically run programs you download from the web or receive in email messages. |
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x-tex |
A TeX document. |
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x-texinfo |
A GNU texinfo document. |
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x-troff |
A troff document. |
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x-troff-man |
A troff document written with the man macros. |
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x-troff-me |
A troff document that should be processed using the me macros. |
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x-troff-ms |
A troff document that should be processed using the ms macros. |
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x-wais-source |
A WAIS source. |
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x-www-form-urlencoded |
A string that has been encoded like a URL, with + replacing spaces and % escapes replacing non-alphanumeric characters that aren't separators. |
audio |
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x-aiff |
The same as application/x-aiff: an AIFF audio file. |
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x-mpeg |
The MP3 sound format. |
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x-mpeg.mp3 |
The MP3 sound format. |
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x-wav |
The Windows WAV sound format. |
image |
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x-fits |
The FITS image format used primarily by astronomers. |
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x-macpict |
A Macintosh PICT image. |
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x-pict |
A Macintosh PICT image. |
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x-macpaint |
A MacPaint image. |
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x-pbm |
A portable bitmap image. |
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x-portable-bitmap |
A portable bitmap image. |
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x-pgm |
A PGM image. |
video |
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x-msvideo |
A Microsoft AVI Video for Windows. |
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x-sgi-movie |
A Silicon Graphics movie. |