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'''JSON''', which stands for "[[JavascriptJavaScript]] object notation", is a lightweight data interchange format.

== JSON and JavascriptJavaScript ==

Unlike many [[Objectobject-oriented programming language]]s, [[Javascript]]JavaScript objects do not necessarily have to be created by a [[constructor]]. [[Javascript]]JavaScript objects can be created by an [[object literal]] format. For example:

my_object =

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};

This produces a JavascriptJavaScript object named "my_object" with ''fields'': "name", "address", "city", "province", and "country". One could use this object as follows:

document.write("My name is "+my_object.name+".\n");

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And I live on 123 Somewhere Street in Surrey.

'''JSON''' is a JavascriptJavaScript object literal.