Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/x-compressed

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

File Extension

.compressed

Content-Type Header

Format Category

General Files

Standard Specification

IANA Registered Standard

Description & Usage

Binary or text file format identified by extension .compressed

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

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

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

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