Comma-Separated Values (CSV)
See also tab-separated values (TSV), separate, separated by (delimited), separation
CSV (comma-separated values or character-separated values) - “A * file format in which tabular data is encoded as plain text, the fields of the table being separated by commas (or any predefined separator character). Rows in the table correspond to lines in the file, and embedded tables are delimited by double quotes (“ ”). CSV was useful for passing data between distinct applications treating tabular information, such as databases, but has become essentially a legacy format since the advent of * XML” and JSON (Fair Use ODCS)
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Comma-separated values (CSV) is a text data format that uses commas to separate delimiter-separated values, and newlines to separate records. CSV data stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text, where each line typically represents one data record. Each record consists of the same number of fields, and these are separated by commas. If the field delimiter itself may appear within a field, fields can be surrounded with quotation marks.
CSV is widespread in data applications and is widely supported by a variety of software, including common spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel. Benefits cited in favor of CSV include human readability and the simplicity of the format.
The CSV file format was formalized in the 2005 technical standard RFC 4180, which defines the MIME type "text/csv" for the handling of text-based fields.
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