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61+ ### Code Ranges
62+
63+ There are some reserved code ranges.
64+
65+ #### MIME Types
66+
67+ The range 0x200000 - 0x2fffff is reserved for MIME types. Specifically, we've
68+ reserved:
69+
70+ ```
71+ Range 0x200000 - 0x20ffff: reserved for 'application/*' (there currently are ~1,300 subtypes)
72+ Range 0x210000 - 0x21ffff: reserved for 'audio/*' (there currently are ~150 subtypes)
73+ Range 0x220000 - 0x22ffff: reserved for 'font/*' (there currently are ~8 subtypes)
74+ Range 0x230000 - 0x23ffff: reserved for 'image/*' (there currently are ~60 subtypes)
75+ Range 0x240000 - 0x24ffff: reserved for 'message/*' (there currently are ~18 subtypes)
76+ Range 0x250000 - 0x25ffff: reserved for 'model/*' (there currently are ~24 subtypes)
77+ Range 0x260000 - 0x26ffff: reserved for 'multipart/*' (there currently are ~13 subtypes)
78+ Range 0x270000 - 0x27ffff: reserved for 'text/*' (there currently are ~71 subtypes)
79+ Range 0x280000 - 0x28ffff: reserved for 'video/*' (there currently are ~78 subtypes)
80+ ```
81+
82+ Everything from 0x290000 to 0x2fffff is reserved for future media types.
83+
6184## FAQ
6285
6386> Why varints?
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