JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It is a format for storing and exchanging data. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language.

The file type for JSON files is “.json” and MIME type for JSON text is “application/json“.

Here are the characteristics of JSON:

1. It is a lightweight data-interchange format.
2. It is easy for humans to understand.
3. It uses Javascript format but it is a text which makes it is completly language independent as text can be read and parsed by any programmng language.