Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide
image/bmp
Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .BMP files (Bitmap Image File).
File Extension
.bmp
Content-Type Header
image/bmp
Format Category
Images
Standard Specification
Microsoft BMP Spec
Description & Usage
Uncompressed raw raster graphic format native to Microsoft Windows.
HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code
# Nginx mime.types configuration for .bmp
types {
image/bmp bmp;
}OS Compatibility Matrix
Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
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Preguntas frecuentes
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The official MIME content type for .bmp files is "image/bmp". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .bmp data.