When IIS locates a file that does not have an extension, the Content-Type that is sent back to the browser is set to application/octet-stream. If this header [Content-Disposition: attachment] is used in a response with the application/octet-stream content-type, the implied suggestion is that the user agent.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an internet standard that is used to identify the types of content found in various files. These types can include applications, sounds, video, text, and many others.In a way, they are much like the file extensions you're familiar with on your desktop or laptop. For example, the.doc extension that is used for, the.exe for executable windows files, and.xls that is found on Excel files are all file extensions you are undoubtedly familiar with for the files on your computer. MIME types are defined in by the type attribute on links, objects, and script and style tags. In this article, we will list the various MIME types for applications, sounds,, mail messages, text files, video files, and virtual world files. You can use this article as a handy catalog of all of these files should you need these MIME types in the future. Sound Files Application MIME Type File Extension audio file audio/basic au sound file audio/basic snd midi file audio/mid mid media processing server studio audio/mid rmi MP3 file audio/mpeg mp3 audio interchange file format audio/x-aiff aif compressed audio interchange file audio/x-aiff aifc audio interchange file format audio/x-aiff aiff media playlist file audio/x-mpegurl m3u Real Audio file audio/x-pn-realaudio ra Real Audio metadata file audio/x-pn-realaudio ram WAVE audio file audio/x-wav wav.