Editing JSON (section)

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'''JSON''' ('''JavaScript Object Notation''', pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|s|ən}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|ˌ|s|ɒ|n}}) is an [[open standard]] file format and [[electronic data interchange|data interchange]] format that uses [[Human-readable medium and data|human-readable]] text to store and transmit data objects consisting of [[name–value pair]]s and [[array data type|arrays]] (or other [[serialization|serializable]] values). It is a commonly used data format with diverse  uses in [[electronic data interchange]], including that of [[web application]]s with [[server (computing)|servers]].

JSON is a [[Language-independent specification|language-independent]] data format. It was derived from [[JavaScript]], but many modern [[programming language]]s include code to generate and [[parse]] JSON-format data. JSON filenames use the extension <code>.json</code>.

[[Douglas Crockford]] originally specified the JSON format in the early 2000s.<ref name="saga">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-JoyNuQJs |title=Douglas Crockford: The JSON Saga |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-08-28 |access-date=2022-02-21}} Transcript: {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030002009/http://transcriptvids.com/v/-C-JoyNuQJs.html |date=2019-10-30 |title=Transcript Vids}}</ref> He and [[Chip Morningstar]] sent the first JSON message in April 2001.