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tab-separated values

Summary

tab-separated values is a file format[1]. It draws 195 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #51 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • tab-separated values's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • tab-separated values's instance of is recorded as delimiter-separated value format[4].
  • tab-separated values's media type is recorded as text/tab-separated-values[5].
  • tab-separated values's file extension is recorded as tsv[6].
  • tab-separated values's file extension is recorded as tab[7].
  • tab-separated values's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'tsv'}[8].
  • tab-separated values's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'tsv'}[9].
  • tab-separated values's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'TSV'}[10].
  • tab-separated values's uses is recorded as tab stop[11].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[3] and delimiter-separated value format[4].

Why It Matters

tab-separated values draws 195 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #51 of 297).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → file format, delimiter-separated value format
    Aliases → —
    Edam ontology id → format_3475
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: format_3475, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289761377|TSV (#289761377)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix'n'"
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