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media type
An identifier (formerly known as a MIME type) that some protocols use to indicate the nature and format of files sent over the Internet. A file’s media type appears in the header of a file transmission and indicates the file’s type and subtype. Common type/subtype values include:
- text/html
- image/png
- audio/mp4
- application/javascript
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) maintains the registry of media types.