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title: "What is JSON?"  
description: "What is JSON?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-09-02  
updated: 2020-09-16  
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category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is JSON?

JSON is an abbreviation of JavaScript Object Notation. It is a safe and reliable data interchange format in JavaScript, which is easy to understand not only for the users but also for the machines.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

JSON is an abbreviation of JavaScript Object Notation. It is a safe and reliable data interchange format in JavaScript, which is easy to understand not only for the users but also for the machines.


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