JSON (for example, "Jason"), short for JavaScript Object Notation,'s a lightweight computer data interchange format. It's a text-based, human-readable format for representing simple data structures and associative arrays (called objects). The JSON format's specified in RFC 4627 by Douglas Crockford. The official Internet media type for JSON's application/json. The JSON file extension's .json. The JSON format's often used for serialization, transmitting structured data over a network connection.… (More on Json)