media type

two-part identifier for file formats and format contents transmitted on the Internet
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media type

Summary

media type is a Wikimedia information list[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of wikimedia_information_list entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (392 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • media type's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia information list[3].
  • media type's subclass of is recorded as identifier[4].
  • media type's has use is recorded as Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions[5].
  • media type's has use is recorded as World Wide Web[6].
  • media type's has use is recorded as desktop Linux[7].
  • media type's has use is recorded as file association[8].
  • media type's has part is recorded as slash[9].
  • media type's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025tt8q[10].
  • media type's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1163[11].
  • media type's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Mime-type[12].
  • media type's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.3.6.1.8.1.30[13].
  • media type's Fandom article ID is recorded as htmlcss:MIME_type[14].
  • media type's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778541796[15].
  • media type's Mozilla Developer Network article is recorded as Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types[16].
  • media type's Mozilla Developer Network article is recorded as Glossary/MIME_type[17].
  • media type's MetaSat ID is recorded as mediaType[18].
  • media type's identifies is recorded as file format[19].

Why It Matters

media type ranks in the top 10% of wikimedia_information_list entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (392 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . RFC 2913: MIME Content Types in Media Feature Expressions. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . htmlcss.fandom.com. Retrieved . htmlcss.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). media type. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/media-type
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_media-type_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{media type}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/media-type}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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