Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/zip

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .ZIP files (ZIP Compressed Archive).

File Extension

.zip

Content-Type Header

application/zip

Format Category

Description & Usage

Universal compressed archive format supporting DEFLATE compression and AES encryption.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .zip
types {
    application/zip    zip;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

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Frequently Asked Questions

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