MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension, багатоцільові розширення пошти Інтернету) — специфікація для передачі по мережі файлів різного типу: зображень, музики, текстів, відео, архівів та ін. MIME-типи використовуються в HTML зазвичай при передачі даних форм і вставки на сторінку різних об'єктів.
Деякі популярні MIME-типи і розширення файлів, пов'язаних з ними, наведені в табл. 1.
| Розширення файлу | Тип даних |
|---|---|
| ai | application/postscript |
| aif | audio/aiff |
| aif | audio/x-aiff |
| aiff | audio/aiff |
| aiff | audio/x-aiff |
| ani | application/x-navi-animation |
| aos | application/x-nokia-9000-communicator-add-on-software |
| aps | application/mime |
| arc | application/octet-stream |
| arj | application/arj |
| arj | application/octet-stream |
| art | image/x-jg |
| asf | video/x-ms-asf |
| asm | text/x-asm |
| asp | text/asp |
| asx | application/x-mplayer2 |
| asx | video/x-ms-asf |
| asx | video/x-ms-asf-plugin |
| au | audio/basic |
| au | audio/x-au |
| avi | application/x-troff-msvideo |
| avi | video/avi |
| avi | video/msvideo |
| avi | video/x-msvideo |
| bin | application/mac-binary |
| bin | application/macbinary |
| bin | application/octet-stream |
| bin | application/x-binary |
| bin | application/x-macbinary |
| bm | image/bmp |
| bmp | image/bmp |
| bmp | image/x-windows-bmp |
| boo | application/book |
| book | application/book |
| c | text/x-c |
| c++ | text/plain |
| ccad | application/clariscad |
| class | application/java |
| class | application/java-byte-code |
| class | application/x-java-class |
| com | application/octet-stream |
| com | text/plain |
| conf | text/plain |
| cpp | text/x-c |
| cpt | application/mac-compactpro |
| cpt | application/x-compactpro |
| cpt | application/x-cpt |
| css | application/x-pointplus |
| css | text/css |
| dcr | application/x-director |
| def | text/plain |
| dif | video/x-dv |
| dir | application/x-director |
| dl | video/dl |
| dl | video/x-dl |
| doc | application/msword |
| dot | application/msword |
| drw | application/drafting |
| dvi | application/x-dvi |
| dwg | application/acad |
| dwg | image/vnd.dwg |
| dwg | image/x-dwg |
| dxf | application/dxf |
| dxf | image/vnd.dwg |
| dxf | image/x-dwg |
| dxr | application/x-director |
| exe | application/octet-stream |
| gif | image/gif |
| gz | application/x-compressed |
| gz | application/x-gzip |
| gzip | application/x-gzip |
| gzip | multipart/x-gzip |
| h | text/plain |
| h | text/x-h |
| hlp | application/hlp |
| hlp | application/x-helpfile |
| hlp | application/x-winhelp |
| htc | text/x-component |
| htm | text/html |
| html | text/html |
| htmls | text/html |
| htt | text/webviewhtml |
| ice | x-conference/x-cooltalk |
| ico | image/x-icon |
| inf | application/inf |
| jam | audio/x-jam |
| jav | text/plain |
| jav | text/x-java-source |
| java | text/plain |
| java | text/x-java-source |
| jcm | application/x-java-commerce |
| jfif | image/jpeg |
| jfif | image/pjpeg |
| jfif-tbnl | image/jpeg |
| jpe | image/jpeg |
| jpe | image/pjpeg |
| jpeg | image/jpeg |
| jpeg | image/pjpeg |
| jpg | image/jpeg |
| jpg | image/pjpeg |
| jps | image/x-jps |
| js | application/x-javascript |
| js | application/javascript |
| js | application/ecmascript |
| js | text/javascript |
| js | text/ecmascript |
| latex | application/x-latex |
| lha | application/lha |
| lha | application/octet-stream |
| lha | application/x-lha |
| lhx | application/octet-stream |
| list | text/plain |
| lsp | application/x-lisp |
| lsp | text/x-script.lisp |
| lst | text/plain |
| lzh | application/octet-stream |
| lzh | application/x-lzh |
| lzx | application/lzx |
| lzx | application/octet-stream |
| lzx | application/x-lzx |
| m3u | audio/x-mpequrl |
| man | application/x-troff-man |
| mid | application/x-midi |
| mid | audio/midi |
| mid | audio/x-mid |
| mid | audio/x-midi |
| mid | music/crescendo |
| mid | x-music/x-midi |
| midi | application/x-midi |
| midi | audio/midi |
| midi | audio/x-mid |
| midi | audio/x-midi |
| midi | music/crescendo |
| midi | x-music/x-midi |
| mod | audio/mod |
| mod | audio/x-mod |
| mov | video/quicktime |
| movie | video/x-sgi-movie |
| mp2 | audio/mpeg |
| mp2 | audio/x-mpeg |
| mp2 | video/mpeg |
| mp2 | video/x-mpeg |
| mp2 | video/x-mpeq2a |
| mp3 | audio/mpeg3 |
| mp3 | audio/x-mpeg-3 |
| mp3 | video/mpeg |
| mp3 | video/x-mpeg |
| mp4 | video/mp4 |
| mpa | audio/mpeg |
| mpa | video/mpeg |
| mpeg | video/mpeg |
| mpg | audio/mpeg |
| mpg | video/mpeg |
| mpga | audio/mpeg |
| pas | text/pascal |
| pcl | application/vnd.hp-pcl |
| pcl | application/x-pcl |
| pct | image/x-pict |
| pcx | image/x-pcx |
| application/pdf | |
| pic | image/pict |
| pict | image/pict |
| pl | text/plain |
| pl | text/x-script.perl |
| pm | image/x-xpixmap |
| pm | text/x-script.perl-module |
| pm4 | application/x-pagemaker |
| pm5 | application/x-pagemaker |
| png | image/png |
| pot | application/mspowerpoint |
| pot | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
| ppa | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
| pps | application/mspowerpoint |
| pps | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
| ppt | application/mspowerpoint |
| ppt | application/powerpoint |
| ppt | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
| ppt | application/x-mspowerpoint |
| ppz | application/mspowerpoint |
| ps | application/postscript |
| psd | application/octet-stream |
| pwz | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
| py | text/x-script.phyton |
| pyc | applicaiton/x-bytecode.python |
| qt | video/quicktime |
| qtif | image/x-quicktime |
| ra | audio/x-pn-realaudio |
| ra | audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin |
| ra | audio/x-realaudio |
| ram | audio/x-pn-realaudio |
| rm | application/vnd.rn-realmedia |
| rm | audio/x-pn-realaudio |
| rpm | audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin |
| rtf | application/rtf |
| rtf | application/x-rtf |
| rtf | text/richtext |
| rtx | application/rtf |
| rtx | text/richtext |
| rv | video/vnd.rn-realvideo |
| sgml | text/sgml |
| sgml | text/x-sgml |
| sh | application/x-bsh |
| sh | application/x-sh |
| sh | application/x-shar |
| sh | text/x-script.sh |
| shtml | text/html |
| shtml | text/x-server-parsed-html |
| ssi | text/x-server-parsed-html |
| tar | application/x-tar |
| tcl | application/x-tcl |
| tcl | text/x-script.tcl |
| text | application/plain |
| text | text/plain |
| tgz | application/gnutar |
| tgz | application/x-compressed |
| tif | image/tiff |
| tif | image/x-tiff |
| tiff | image/tiff |
| tiff | image/x-tiff |
| txt | text/plain |
| uri | text/uri-list |
| vcd | application/x-cdlink |
| vmd | application/vocaltec-media-desc |
| vrml | application/x-vrml |
| vrml | model/vrml |
| vrml | x-world/x-vrml |
| vsd | application/x-visio |
| vst | application/x-visio |
| vsw | application/x-visio |
| wav | audio/wav |
| wav | audio/x-wav |
| wmf | windows/metafile |
| xla | application/excel |
| xla | application/x-excel |
| xla | application/x-msexcel |
| xlb | application/excel |
| xlb | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| xlb | application/x-excel |
| xlc | application/excel |
| xlc | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| xlc | application/x-excel |
| xld | application/excel |
| xld | application/x-excel |
| xlk | application/excel |
| xlk | application/x-excel |
| xll | application/excel |
| xll | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| xll | application/x-excel |
| xlm | application/excel |
| xlm | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| xlm | application/x-excel |
| xls | application/excel |
| xls | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| xls | application/x-excel |
| xls | application/x-msexcel |
| xlt | application/excel |
| xlt | application/x-excel |
| xlv | application/excel |
| xlv | application/x-excel |
| xlw | application/excel |
| xlw | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| xlw | application/x-excel |
| xlw | application/x-msexcel |
| xm | audio/xm |
| xml | application/xml |
| xml | text/xml |
| z | application/x-compress |
| z | application/x-compressed |
| zip | application/x-compressed |
| zip | application/x-zip-compressed |
| zip | application/zip |
| zip | multipart/x-zip |