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JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced /ˈdʒeɪsən/ or /ˈdʒeɪˌsɒn/) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of name–value pairs and arrays (or other serializable values). It is a commonly used data format with diverse uses in electronic data interchange…

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Extended from
JavaScript
Internet media type
application/json
Open format?
Yes
Type code
TEXT
Type of format
Data interchange
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)
public.json

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JSON

Nodes152
Edges151
Triples213
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013158
Components1

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JSON

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related to HOCON · 17
JSON → Akka, Artifact Management Server, Exabeam Advanced Analytics, Files, HOCON, Human-Optimized Config Object Notation, It, Jitsi, Lightbend, LiveView, NET, Play Framework, Puppet, StreamBase, The, TIBCO Streaming, TIBCO Streaming Release
related to Data types · 16
JSON → Arrays, BigInt, Boolean, ECMA, IEEE-754, JavaScript, JSON's, NaN, Number, Object, Objects, String, Strings, The, The JSON, Unicode
related to Character encoding · 15
JSON → Although Crockford, Basic Multilingual Plane, ECMAScript, Emoji, FFFF, For, However, JavaScript, NEUTRAL FACE, SEPARATOR, The, This, Unicode, UTF-16, UTF-8
related to history · 15
JSON → Crockford, Flash, HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, In December, Java, JavaScript Markup Language, JavaScript Object Notation, JSML, March, State Software, The, The JSON, Web, Yahoo
related to Safety · 14
JSON → API-compatible JavaScript, Douglas Crockford, ECMAScript, For, In, Internet, JavaScript, JavaScripteval, SEPARATOR, Subsume JSON, TC39, This, To, Various JSON
related to Alternatives · 13
JSON → CBOR, CSV, Depending, For, Google Protocol Buffers, IETF RFC, In, Ion, JSON's, JSONB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, XML
related to Metadata and schema · 13
JSON → As, Draft, IETF, Internet Draft, It, JSON Schema, JSON-based, Legacy MIME, MIME, The, There, XML Schema, XSD
related to Derivatives · 11
JSON → All JSON, Examples, GeoJSON, JSONJSON-RPC, JSONJsonML, Jsonnet, JSONSmile, LD, Several, UBJSON, XML
related to Uses · 11
JSON → AJAJ, Ajax, Asynchronous JavaScript, For, It, JSON-RPC, RPC, SOAP, Typically, XML, XML-RPC
related to Interoperability · 9
JSON → Certain JSON, For, IEEE754, JavaScript, RFC, The, Unicode, UTF-8, While

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data format javascript used xml comments standard interoperability rfc object interchange applications types also uses objects crockford syntax characters use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
JSONExtended fromJavaScript1.00infobox
JSONFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .json1.00infobox
JSONInternet media typeapplication/json1.00infobox
JSONOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
JSONStandardSTD 90 (.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background…1.00infobox
JSONType codeTEXT1.00infobox
JSONType of formatData interchange1.00infobox
JSONUniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.json1.00infobox
JSONWebsitejson.org1.00infobox
JSONis aprogramming language-independent data format0.90text
JSONis astrict subset of JavaScript and ECMAScript0.90text
JSONis adata format0.90text

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