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In [[Cascading Style Sheets]] (CSS), '''media type''' is a value used with [[media queries]] to indicate a particular type of medium for which the CSS is intended.

== Description ==

Media type can be declared in the head of an HTML document using the "media" attribute inside of a [[Link (HTML element)|link element]].

The value of the "media" attribute specifies on what device the linked document will be displayed.

Media types can also be declared within XML processing instructions, the @import at-rule, and the @media at-rule.

CSS2 defines the following as media types:

* all
* braille
* embossed
* handheld
* print
* projection
* screen
* speech
* tty
* TV

== See also ==

* [[Cascading Style Sheets]]
* [[Media queries]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_queries Media queries] @ Wikipedia


[[Category:Cascading Style Sheets]]
[[Category:Web design and development]]