Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

image/gif

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .GIF files (Graphics Interchange Format).

File Extension

.gif

Content-Type Header

image/gif

Format Category

Images

Standard Specification

GIF89a Spec

Description & Usage

8-bit color indexed bitmap format supporting simple loop animations.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .gif
types {
    image/gif    gif;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

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Preguntas frecuentes

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