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.JSON File Extension


File Type JavaScript Object Notation File
File Format File
Common? No
File 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.
Program(s) that open json files Mac / Windows / Unix: Run with a JSON parser; Edit with a text editor

Information from FileInfo.com - The File Extensions Resource.
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/json