CSV(Comma-separated values)

Comma-separated values

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Comma separated list
Comma-separated values

Filename extension	.csv or .txt
Internet media type	text/csv text/comma-separated-values  (deprecated)[citation needed]
Type of format	multiplatform, serial data streams
Container for	database information organized as field separated lists
Standard(s)	RFC 4180

A Comma separated values (CSV) file is a computer data file used for implementing the tried and true organizational tool, the Comma Separated List. The CSV file is used for the digital storage of data structured in a table of lists form, where each associated item (member) in a group is in association with others also separated by the commas of its set. Each line in the CSV file corresponds to a row in the table. Within a line, fields are separated by commas, each field belonging to one table column. CSV files are often used for moving tabular data between two different computer programs, for example between a database program and a spreadsheet program.