# Media types (MIME types) — Legacy JavaScript MIME types

> In addition to the text/javascript MIME type, for historical reasons, the MIME Sniffing Standard (the definition of how browsers should interpret MIME types and figure out what to do with content that doesn't have a valid one) also allows JavaScript to be served using any of the following legacy Jav

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In addition to the text/javascript MIME type, for historical reasons, the MIME Sniffing Standard (the definition of how browsers should interpret MIME types and figure out what to do with content that doesn't have a valid one) also allows JavaScript to be served using any of the following legacy JavaScript MIME types

application/javascript {{deprecated_inline}} application/ecmascript {{deprecated_inline}} application/x-ecmascript {{Non-standard_Inline}} application/x-javascript {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/ecmascript {{deprecated_inline}} text/javascript1.0 {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/javascript1.1 {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/javascript1.2 {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/javascript1.3 {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/javascript1.4 {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/javascript1.5 {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/jscript {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/livescript {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/x-ecmascript {{Non-standard_Inline}} text/x-javascript {{Non-standard_Inline}}

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; Even though any given {{Glossary("user agent")}} may support any or all of these, you should only use text/javascript. &gt; It's the only MIME type guaranteed to work now and into the future.

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