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Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/x-document

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

File Extension

.document

Content-Type Header

application/x-document

Format Category

General Files

Standard Specification

IANA Registered Standard

Description & Usage

Binary or text file format identified by extension .document

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

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

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS

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Frequently Asked Questions

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