Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

image/jpeg

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .JPEG files (Joint Photographic Experts Group Image).

File Extension

.jpeg

Content-Type Header

image/jpeg

Format Category

Images

Standard Specification

ISO/IEC 10918-1

Description & Usage

Alternative extension for JPEG image format containing EXIF camera capture metadata.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

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

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

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Preguntas frecuentes

Respuestas claras a las preguntas más habituales.

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