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15 changes: 12 additions & 3 deletions src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/application-app-types.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -27,20 +27,28 @@ Gateway sorts applications into the following app type groups:
| Value | Definition |
| ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Artificial Intelligence | AI assistance applications |
| Audio Streaming | Music streaming, podcasts, and other audio applications |
| Business | Applications used for general business purposes |
| Collaboration & Online Meetings | Business communication and collaboration applications |
| Dating | Online dating applications |
| Development | Software development and development operations applications |
| Education | Applications used for educational purposes and e-learning |
| Email | Email applications |
| Entertainment & Events | Applications used for entertainment content and event information |
| Encrypted DNS | DNS encryption applications |
| File Sharing | File sharing applications |
| Finance & Accounting | Financial and accounting applications |
| Food & Drink | Applications related to food delivery and recipe services |
| Gaming | Games and gaming applications |
| Health & Fitness | Applications used for health monitoring and fitness tracking |
| Human Resources | Employee management applications and workforce tools |
| Instant Messaging | Instant messaging applications |
| IT Management | IT deployment management applications |
| Legal | Legal tools and applications |
| News | News applications |
| Lifestyle | Applications related to lifestyle and personal interests |
| Music & Audio Streaming | Applications used for streaming music and audio |
| Navigation | Applications used for maps and navigation services |
| News, Books, & Magazines | Applications delivering news, books, and magazine content |
| Photography & Graphic Design | Applications used for photography and graphic design |
| Productivity | Business and productivity applications |
| Public Cloud | Public cloud infrastructure management applications |
| Sales & Marketing | Sales and marketing applications |
Expand All @@ -49,7 +57,8 @@ Gateway sorts applications into the following app type groups:
| Shopping | Online shopping applications |
| Social Networking | Social networking applications |
| Sports | Sports streaming and news applications |
| Video Streaming | Video streaming applications |
| Travel | Video streaming applications |
| Video Streaming & Editing | Applications used for streaming and editing video |
| [Do Not Inspect](#do-not-inspect-applications) | Applications incompatible with the TLS certificate required by the [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/proxy/) |

## Application hostnames
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