CSV

comma separated values

CSV

(1) See computer system validation and software validation.

(2) (Comma Separated Values) Also called "comma delimited," CSV is a text-based data record format that separates fields with a comma and ends with a line break (although a few implementations support line breaks within the record). Widely used as a data exchange format, spreadsheets as well as many other business applications can read and write comma delimited files. The text may be surrounded with quotes as follows:

 Pat Smith,Bath,PA,18014 "Pat Smith","Bath","PA","18014" Ken Salazar,New York,NY,10001 "Ken Salazar","New York","NY","10001"

Commas and Double Quotes
If the data contain commas, those fields must be quoted. If the data contain double quotes, the field must be quoted and two double quotes must be used:

text: the "Black Friday" discount CSV: "the ""Black Friday"" discount"

Decimal Commas
Europe, Russia, Central and South America and some African countries use a comma for a decimal point, in which case, the CSV format would use a tab character or semicolon instead of the comma.

 Pat Smith;Bath,PA;18014 Ken Salazar;New York;NY;10001

CSV

Acronym	Definition
CSV➣Comma Separated Value(s) (database export/import format and file extension)
CSV➣Comma Separated Variable
CSV➣Creating Shared Value
CSV➣Character Separated Values (data format)
CSV➣Community Service Volunteers (UK)
CSV➣Centro Servizi Volontariato (Italian: Volunteer Service Center)
CSV➣Cluster Shared Volume (computing)
CSV➣Crestview (Amtrak station code; Crestview, FL)
CSV➣Computer Software Validation
CSV➣Comma Separated Value
CSV➣Cluster Space Vector
CSV➣Complementary Software Vendors
CSV➣Call Superviser
CSV➣Cluster System Vector
CSV➣Computing Services (university department)
CSV➣Club Sportif de Viriat (French sports club)
CSV➣Cash Surrender Value (insurance)
CSV➣Cambridge School Volunteers (Cambridge, VA)
CSV➣Cold Start Valve (automotive engineering)
CSV➣Circuit Switched Voice
CSV➣Certified Server Validation
CSV➣Computerized Systems Validation
CSV➣Centro Subacqueo Villafranca (Italian diving club)
CSV➣Chevrolet Special Vehicle
CSV➣Club Sportif de Villedieu (French sports club)
CSV➣Centre de Secours Virtuel (French: Virtual Relief Center)
CSV➣Court Square Ventures (venture capital; Charlottesville, VA)
CSV➣Confederación Sudamericana de Vóleibol
CSV➣Clerics of St. Viator (religious order)
CSV➣Common Service Verb
CSV➣Customer Site Visit
CSV➣Combat Support Vehicle
CSV➣Countersurveillance
CSV➣Community Support Volunteer
CSV➣Capacity Selector Valve
CSV➣Concentric Standing Valve (oil industry)
CSV➣Circuit Switcher Vertical (Southern States, LLC)
CSV➣Contents Supervision (IBM mainframes)
CSV➣Career Service Vitae
CSV➣Creating Superior Value (workshops)
CSV➣Corona Start Voltage
CSV➣Christlich-Soziale Vollekspartei (German: Christian Social People's Party, Luxembourg)
CSV➣Channel Soft Value(s)
CSV➣Colon-Separated Value(s) (less common)
CSV➣Conventional Steering Vector
CSV➣Combustion Sampling Valve (automotive)