Human Readable

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Data in a format that can be conveniently read by a human. Some human-readable formats, like PDF, are not machine-readable.

Some human-readable formats, such as PDF, are not "machine-readable" as they are not centered around structured data. Structured data, such as a spreadsheet, is easy to interpret for a machine as it has clear column headers which allows machines to understand how different concepts are connected.

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API – Application Programming Interface

An API is an interface that defines how, for example, software applications can communicate with each other. APIs allow different software systems to interact and share data.

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CSV

CSV or Comma-separated values, is a standard format for spreadsheet data. Data values are separated by commas and each row represents a record.

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Machine Readable

Data in a data format that can be automatically read and processed by a computer, such as CSV, JSON, or XML.