Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/x-archive

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .ARCHIVE files (ARCHIVE File Format).

File Extension

.archive

Content-Type Header

Format Category

General Files

Standard Specification

IANA Registered Standard

Description & Usage

Binary or text file format identified by extension .archive

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .archive
types {
    application/x-archive    archive;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

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The official MIME content type for .archive files is "application/x-archive". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .archive data.