In this section we put together all kinds of information that we
find useful in our daily work. The material is a collection of
information from various sources including bulletin boards,
mailgroups, manuals, magazines, books, seminar handouts and
independent research.
This information is provided without warranty of any kind. There
is no further support available. Each individual must determine
the applicability and accuracy of this information to their
specific environment.
There are also lists with other types. This is ourcollection of application types
| Type | Subtype | Ext | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| application | acad | ||
| application | activemessage | [Ehud Shapiro] | |
| application | andrew-inset | [andrew-inset, Borenstein] | |
| application | applefile | [MacMime, Patrik Faltstrom] | |
| application | atomicmail | [atomicmail, Borenstein] | |
| application | cals1840 | [RFC1895] | |
| application | clariscad | ||
| application | commonground | [Glazer] | |
| application | cybercash | [Eastlake] | |
| application | dca-rtf | [IBM Doc Content Arch, Larry Campbell] | |
| application | dec-dx | [Digital Doc Transfer, Larry Campbell] | |
| application | drafting | ||
| application | dxf | ||
| application | eshop | [Katz] | |
| application | excel | ||
| application | fractals | ||
| application | i-deas | ||
| application | iges | [Parks] | |
| application | macbinary | ||
| application | mac-binhex40 | [MacMime, Patrik Faltstrom] | |
| application | macwriteii | Macintosh MacWrite II word processor files. [Paul Lindner] | |
| application | mathematica | [Van Nostern] | |
| application | msword | doc (dot) | Microsoft Word word processor files. [Paul Lindner] |
| application | new-message-id | [RFC1036, Henry Spencer] | |
| application | news-transmission | [RFC1036, Henry Spencer] | |
| application | octet-stream | bin, exe | Any general, binary format that the server doesn't recognize usually uses this MIME type. Upon receiving this type, most browsers prompt the user and give the user an option to save to disk. [RFC1521, Borenstein] |
| application | oda | [RFC1521, Borenstein] | |
| application | Adobe's Portable Document Format for the Acrobat Reader. Most browsers uses a plugin or an external program to read this format. [Paul Lindner] | ||
| application | pgp-encrypted | [RFC2015] | |
| application | pgp-keys | [RFC2015] | |
| application | pgp-signature | [RFC2015] | |
| application | postscript | ai, eps, ps | PostScript files. [RFC1521, Borenstein] |
| application | powerpoint | ||
| application | pro_eng | ||
| application | remote_printing | [RFC1486, Rose] | |
| application | riscos | [Smith] | |
| application | rtf | rtf | Rich text format. Most word processors reads rich text format so this can be a good portable document format. [Paul Lindner] |
| application | set | ||
| application | set-payment | [Korver] | |
| application | set-payment-initiation | [Korver] | |
| application | set-registration | [Korver] | |
| application | set-registration-initiation | [Korver] | |
| application | sgml | Standard General Markup Language. [RFC1874] | |
| application | sgml-open-catalog | [Grosso] | |
| application | SLA | ||
| application | slate | [slate, Terry Crowley] | |
| application | solids | ||
| application | STEP | ||
| application | vda | ||
| application | vnd.businessobjects | [Imoucha] | |
| application | vnd.enliven | [Santinelli] | |
| application | vnd.fdf | [Zilles] | |
| application | vnd.framemaker | [Wexler] | |
| application | vnd.intertrust.digibox | [Tomasello] | |
| application | vnd.intertrust.nncp | [Tomasello] | |
| application | vnd.japannet-directory-service | [Fujii] | |
| application | vnd.japannet-payment-wakeup | [Fujii] | |
| application | vnd.japannet-registration-wakeup | [Fujii] | |
| application | vnd.japannet-verification-wakeup | [Fujii] | |
| application | vnd.koan | [Cole] | |
| application | vnd.meridian-slingshot | [Wedel] | |
| application | vnd.mif | [Wexler] | |
| application | vnd.ms-artgalry | [Slawson] | |
| application | vnd.ms-excel | [Gill] | |
| application | vnd.ms-powerpoint | [Gill] | |
| application | vnd.ms-project | [Gill] | |
| application | vnd.ms-works | [Gill] | |
| application | vnd.ms-tnef | [Gill] | |
| application | vnd.music-niff | [Butler] | |
| application | nvd.rapid | [Szekely] | |
| application | vnd.seemail | [Webb] | |
| application | vnd.street-stream | [Levitt] | |
| application | vnd.svd | [Becker] | |
| application | vnd.truedoc | [Chase] | |
| application | vnd.xara | [Matthewman] | |
| application | wita | [Wang Info Transfer, Larry Campbell] | |
| application | word | ||
| application | wordperfect5.1 | Word Perfect 5.1 word processor files. [Paul Lindner] | |
| application | x400.bp | [RFC1494] | |
| application | x-bcpio | ||
| application | x-compressed | ||
| application | x-cpio | ||
| application | x-csh | csh | |
| application | x-dvi | ||
| application | x-gtar | gtar | |
| application | x-gzip | gz | |
| application | x-hdf | ||
| application | x-java-vm | Java .class files | Sun |
| application | x-java-serialized-object | Java .ser files | Sun |
| application | application/x-java-archive | Java .jar files | Sun |
| application | x-latex | ||
| application | x-mif | ||
| application | netcdf | ||
| application | x-rtf | ||
| application | x-sh | sh | |
| application | x-shar | ||
| application | x-stuffit | ||
| application | x-sv4cpio | ||
| application | x-sv4crc | ||
| application | x-tar | tar | |
| application | x-tcl | ||
| application | x-tex | ||
| application | x-texinfo | ||
| application | x-troff | ||
| application | x-troff-man | ||
| application | x-troff-me | ||
| application | x-troff-ms | ||
| application | u-star | ||
| application | x-wais-source | ||
| application | zip | zip | ZIP compression format. [Paul Lindner] |
The world evaluates every day and new type arrives!
Last updated: Thursday January 17 2002
