by Laura Lemay
Table E.1 lists the file extensions and MIME content-types supported
by many popular Web servers. If your server does not list an extension
for a particular content-type or if the type you want to use is
not listed at all, you will have to add support for that type
to your server configuration.
| MIME Type | What It Is (If Noted) | File Extensions |
| application/acad | AutoCAD Drawing files | dwg, DWG |
| application/arj | arj | |
| application/clariscad | ClarisCAD files | ccAD |
| application/drafting | MATRA Prelude drafting | DRW |
| application/dxf | DXF (AutoCAD) | dxf, DXF |
| application/excel | Microsoft Excel | xl |
| application/i-deas | SDRC I-DEAS files | unv, UNV |
| application/iges | IGES graphics format | igs, iges, IGS, IGES |
| application/mac-binhex40 | Macintosh BinHex format | hqx |
| application/msword | Microsoft Word | word, w6w, doc |
| application/mswrite | Microsoft Write | wri |
| application/octet-stream | Uninterpreted binary | bin |
| application/oda | oda | |
| application/pdf | PDF (Adobe Acrobat) | |
| application/postscript | PostScript | ai, PS, ps, eps |
| application/pro_eng | PTC Pro/ENGINEER | prt, PRT, part |
| application/rtf | Rich Text Format | rtf |
| application/set | SET (French CAD standard) | set, SET |
| application/sla | Stereolithography | stl, STL |
| application/solids | MATRA Prelude Solids | SOL |
| application/STEP | ISO-10303 STEP data files | stp, STP, step, STEP |
| application/vda | VDA-FS Surface data | vda, VDA |
| application/x-director | Macromedia Director | dir, dcr, dxr |
| application/x-mif | FrameMaker MIF Format | mif |
| application/x-csh | C-shell script | csh |
| application/x-dvi | TeX DVI | dvi |
| application/x-gzip | GNU Zip | gz, gzip |
| application/x-hdf | ncSA HDF Data File | hdf |
| application/x-latex | LaTeX source | latex |
| application/x-netcdf | Unidata netCDF | nc,cdf |
| application/x-sh | Bourne shell script | sh |
| application/x-stuffit | Stiffut Archive | sit |
| application/x-tcl | TCL script | tcl |
| application/x-tex | TeX source | tex |
| application/x-texinfo | Texinfo (Emacs) | texinfo,texi |
| application/x-troff | Troff | t, tr, roff |
| application/x-troff-man | Troff with MAN macros | man |
| application/x-troff-me | Troff with ME macros | me |
| application/x-troff-ms | Troff with MS macros | ms |
| application/x-wais-source | WAIS source | src |
| application/x-bcpio | Old binary CPIO | bcpio |
| application/x-cpio | POSIX CPIO | cpio |
| application/x-gtar | GNU tar | gtar |
| application/x-shar | Shell archive | shar |
| application/x-sv4cpio | SVR4 CPIO | sv4cpio |
| application/x-sv4crc | SVR4 CPIO with CRC | sv4crc |
| application/x-tar | 4.3BSD tar format | tar |
| application/x-ustar | POSIX tar format | ustar |
| application/x-winhelp | Windows Help | hlp |
| application/zip | ZIP archive | zip |
| audio/basic | Basic audio (usually m-law) | au, snd |
| audio/x-aiff | AIFF audio | aif, aiff, aifc |
| audio/x-pn-realaudio | RealAudio | ra, ram |
| audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin | RealAudio (plug-in) | rpm |
| audio/x-wav | Windows WAVE audio | wav |
| image/gif | gif image | gif |
| image/ief | Image Exchange Format | ief |
| image/jpeg | JPEG image | jpg, JPG, JPE, jpe, JPEG, jpeg |
| image/pict | Macintosh PICT | pict |
| image/tiff | TIFF image | tiff, tif |
| image/x-cmu-raster | CMU raster | ras |
| image/x-portable-anymap | PBM Anymap format | pnm |
| image/x-portable-bitmap | PBM Bitmap format | pbm |
| image/x-portable-graymap | PBM Graymap format | pgm |
| image/x-portable-pixmap | PBM Pixmap format | ppm |
| image/x-rgb | RGB Image | rgb |
| image/x-xbitmap | X Bitmap | xbm |
| image/x-xpixmap | X Pixmap | xpm |
| image/x-xwindowdump | X Windows dump (xwd) format | xwd |
| multipart/x-zip | PKZIP Archive | zip |
| multipart/x-gzip | GNU ZIP Archive | gzip |
| text/html | HTML | html, htm |
| text/plain | Plain text | txt, g, h, C, cc, hh, m, f90 |
| text/richtext | MIME Richtext | rtx |
| text/tab-separated-values | Text with tab-separated values | tsv |
| text/x-setext | Struct enhanced text | etx |
| video/mpeg | MPEG video | mpeg, mpg, MPG, MPE, mpe, MPEG, mpeg |
| video/quicktime | QuickTime Video | qt, mov |
| video/msvideo | Microsoft Windows Video | avi |
| video/x-sgi-movie | SGI Movieplayer format | movie |
| x-world/x-vrml | VRML Worlds | wrl |