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<p class="summary">JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a standard format for representing structured data as JavaScript objects, which is commonly used for representing and transmitting data on web sites (i.e. sending some data from the server to the client, so it can be displayed on a web page). You'll come across it quite often, so in this article we give you all you need to work with JSON using JavaScript, including accessing data items in a JSON object and writing your own JSON.</p>

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   <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
   <td>Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML and CSS, familiarity with JavaScript basics (see <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/First_steps">First steps</a> and <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Building_blocks">Building blocks</a>) and OOJS basics (see <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Object-oriented/Introduction">Introduction to objects</a>).</td>
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   <td>To understand how to work with data stored in JSON, and create your own JSON objects.</td>
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<h2 id="Prototypal_inheritance">No, really, what is JSON?</h2>

<p>{{glossary("JSON")}} is a data format, based on JavaScript object syntax and popularized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford">Douglas Crockford</a>. Even though it is based on JavaScript syntax, it can be used independently from JavaScript, and many programming environments feature the ability to read (parse) and generate JSON.</p>

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<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>

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