| Format introduction | In computing, a comma-separated values (CSV) file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text. Each line of the file is a data record. Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas. The use of the comma as a field separator is the source of the name for this file format. |
| Technical details | The CSV file format is not standardized. The basic idea of separating fields with a comma is clear, but that idea gets complicated when the field data may also contain commas or even embedded line-breaks. CSV implementations may not handle such field data, or they may use quotation marks to surround the field. |
| File extension | .csv |
| MIME | text/csv |
| Developed by | Informational RFC |
| Type of format | multi-platform, serial data streams |
| Associated programs | Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice Calc |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values |