Common data type on the World Wide Web

Your web browser does more than just showing you the text on a web page. It, for example, can also show you videos or animations. If your browser is not capable of handling a particular type of data (perhaps a flash or QuickTime video clip), the browser will simply ignore that data and show you other items (if any) on the page. Installing of the necessary plug-ins or software can fix this problem.

In any case, table 1 lists some of the common data types found on the web.

If you just want to view text and graphic, recent browsers can show you that data without any extra plug-in or other upgrades.