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JSON

JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a text-based format for representing and exchanging structured data as objects, arrays, numbers, strings, booleans, and null values.

In plain English

It is written as plain text so different systems can read it and pass the same data between them. The data is arranged in standard structures and can include named groupings, lists, numbers, text, true-or-false values, and empty values.

In context

Here, JSON names a selectable export file format that represents the exported account data as structured text.

Situation
Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
What it communicates
names a selectable export file format

Meaning limits

The term itself does not indicate which specific account data the export includes.

Examples

“She exported the account data as JSON and saved the file locally.”

Core meaning

“Select JSON when exporting the account data.”

In context