Format
Comma Separated Values
Summary
- Name
- Comma Separated Values
- Identifiers
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- MIME: text/csv
- PUID: x-fmt/18
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- A comma-separated values (CSV) file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text. Plain text means that the file is interpreted a sequence of characters, so that it is human-readable with a standard text editor. Each line of the file is a data record.
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
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csv - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives