comma-separated values

Also known as CSV, .csv, CSV file

file format used to store data

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Filename extension: .csv
Internet media type: text/csv
Uniform type identifier uti: public.comma-separated-values-text
Uti conformation: public.delimited-values-text
Type of format: multi-platform, serial data streams
Container for: database information organized as field separated lists
Standard: RFC 4180

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short name: CSV
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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 or 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 but should be and is commonly used with UTF-8, particularly because it does not provide a way to indicate the character encoding.