File Type | JavaScript Object Notation File | ||||||
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File Format | Standard (developed by Douglas Crockford) | ||||||
Usage | Open manually | ||||||
Popularity | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Popular | ||||||
Description |
Data interchange format used for representing simple data structures and objects; saved in a lightweight, text-based, human-readable format; originally based on a subset of JavaScript, but is considered a language-independent format. JSON files are often used in Ajax Web application programming. They may also be used by other applications as an alternative to .XML files. |
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Published | January 2, 2012 |