Which file format is a plain-text format for storing comma-separated values?

Concept

A file format defines how data is represented so that software can store and exchange it consistently.

Delimited text formats represent tabular records as readable text, using a designated character to separate fields within each row.

Application

The stem describes a delimited plain-text format whose field separator is a comma. CSV expands to Comma-Separated Values, so a CSV file fits that description.

Contrast

• A binary file stores encoded bytes according to a binary layout rather than serving as a named delimited-text format.

• A MySQL table is a database object managed by a database server; data may be imported from or exported to a file, but the table itself is not a file format.

• Random file is a generic phrase, not the name of a defined tabular interchange format.

Result

The described format is a CSV file.