Tab-Separated Values (TSV) is a format for storing text data in columns separated by tabs.

Tab-Separated Values (TSV) is a format for storing text data in columns separated by tabs. Each line of the text file is a row in the table, and column values are separated by tabs.

TSV is an alternative to the similar csv (Comma-Separated Values) format. One advantage of the former is that it does not require commas to be escaped, which are common in tabular data compared to literal tab characters. However, unlike CSV, TSV defines no means of escaping the separator.