A JSON file is an example of:

A JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file is a text-based format for representing structured data based on JavaScript object syntax. It is commonly used for transmitting data in web applications (e.g., sending some data from the server to the client, so it can be displayed on a web page, or vice versa). JSON files are human-readable and can be interpreted by various programming languages, making them ideal for data interchange123.

JSON files typically contain an array of objects, with each object representing a record with a series of name-value pairs. This structured format is both easy to understand and write by humans and easy for machines to parse and generate4.