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 plain text data format for storing tabular data where the fields (values) of a record are separated by a comma and each record is a line (i.e. newline separated). CSV is commonly-used in software that generally deals with tabular data such as a database and a spreadsheet. Benefits cited for using CSV include simplicity of use and human readability. CSV is a form of delimiter-separated values. A CSV file is a file that contains CSV-formatted data.
CSV is not limited to a particular character encoding. It works just as well with Unicode (i.e. UTF-8 or UTF-16) as with ASCII – although particular programs may have limitations. Unlike many proprietary data formats, CSV data normally survives naïve translation from one character set to another. CSV does not, however, provide a way to indicate the character encoding, so that must be communicated separately.
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