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JSON

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A lightweight, text-based data-interchange format.

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) represents structured data as key-value pairs and arrays in human-readable text. It is language-independent and the de facto format for web APIs because it maps cleanly to objects in most languages.

Related Web terms

DOM

A tree representation of an HTML document the browser builds.

 API

A set of rules that lets software components communicate.

 Virtual DOM

An in-memory copy of the DOM used to optimize UI updates.

 HTML

The standard markup language for web page structure.

 CSS

A language for styling the presentation of web pages.

 REST

An architectural style for designing networked APIs.
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