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Accept header — Directives

/ : A single, precise media type, like text/html. / : A media type without a subtype. For example, image/ corresponds to image/png, image/svg, image/gif, and other image types. / : Any media type. ;q= (q-factor weighting) : A value in order of preference expressed using a relative {{Glossary("qualit

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