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MIME Type

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions media type

What does MIME Type mean?

A standard label such as text/html or application/pdf that identifies the nature and format of content.

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PDFA standardised file format for exchanging and viewing fixed-layout electronic documents across systems.
MarkdownA family of syntaxes that uses punctuation to add headings, links, lists and other structure to readable plain text.
CSVA simple text format for tabular data where records are lines and fields are separated, commonly by commas.
XMLA text format for structured data using nested elements, attributes and explicit schemas or conventions.
YAMLA human-readable data serialisation format commonly used for configuration and structured documents.
Rich Text Format (RTF)A document interchange format that stores text plus formatting instructions and can be opened by many word processors.
OpenDocument Format (ODF)An open standard for office documents including text, spreadsheets and presentations.
Office Open XML (OOXML)A standardised family of XML-based office document formats used by common word-processing, spreadsheet and presentation files.