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`/etc/mime.types` is the file in which system-wide rules are defined for mapping filename suffices to media types (MIME types).  It is provided by the DebPkg:media-types package.

Each line in the file is a media type declaration:

  * Lines starting with a hash # are comments.

  * Empty lines can be used visually group related media types.

  * Other lines have a media type as their first field and the rest of the line is blank or contains space-separated file extensions.  For instance, here file suffices are mapped to `application` media types:

{{{
application/java-archive           jar
application/mathematica            nb
application/msword                 doc dot
}}}