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title: "Explain JSON Structures"  
description: "Explain JSON Structures"  
author: "AVADHESH PATEL"  
published: 2013-06-06  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1757/explain-json-structures  
category: "json"  
tags: ["json"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain JSON Structures

A collection of name/value pairs \
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In various languages, this is realized as an object, record, struct, dictionary, hash table, keyed list, or associative array\
An ordered list of values In most languages, this is realized as an array, vector, list, or sequence\
**These are universal data structures supported**\
A JSON object is an unordered set of name/value pairs\
A JSON object begins with { (left brace) and ends with } (right brace)\
Each name is followed by : (colon) and the name/value pairs are separated by , (comma)

## Answers

### Answer by AVADHESH PATEL

A collection of name/value pairs \
\
In various languages, this is realized as an object, record, struct, dictionary, hash table, keyed list, or associative array\
An ordered list of values In most languages, this is realized as an array, vector, list, or sequence\
**These are universal data structures supported**\
A JSON object is an unordered set of name/value pairs\
A JSON object begins with { (left brace) and ends with } (right brace)\
Each name is followed by : (colon) and the name/value pairs are separated by , (comma)


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