Overview

Standing for “Comma Separated Value format,” the abbreviation CSV describes a file extension containing plain text data in a tabular form of text and numbers. Among the tools routinely used are spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel. Apart from being globally accepted, the CSV file format may be accessed with programs compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, iOS, Android, and other platforms. Simple exporting and importing into a wide range of other programs is made possible by the CSV file extension.

Supportive Apps

Microsoft Excel

Format Type

Comma-Separated Variables

File Category

Database File Type

MIME Types used for csv file

text/comma-separated-values, text/csv, application/csv, application/excel, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.msexcel, text/anytext

Program ID

Excel.CSV

A CSV file can be opened easily with the help of these applications –
Microsoft Excel
Kingsoft Office
OpenOffice.org Calc
File Viewer Plus

• CSV to vCard

• VCF/Vcard to CSV