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DEFINITION - In computers, a CSV (comma-separated values) file contains the values in a table as a series of ASCII text lines organized so that each column value is separated by a comma from the next column's value and each row starts a new line. Here's an example:
Doe,John,944-7077
Johnson,Mary,370-3920
Smith,Abigail,299-3958
(etc.)

A CSV file is a way to collect the data from any table so that it can be conveyed as input to another table-oriented application such as a relational database application. Microsoft Excel, a leading spreadsheet or relational database application, can read CSV files. A CSV file is sometimes referred to as a flat file.

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LAST UPDATED: 10 Jul 2006

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