Spreadsheets

.TSV Files

TSV File - TSV (Tab-Separated Values) is similar to CSV but uses tabs instead of commas as delimiters.

What is a .TSV file?

TSV (Tab-Separated Values) is similar to CSV but uses tabs instead of commas as delimiters. It's often preferred for data containing commas or for easier readability when editing in text editors.

Technical Details

MIME Type

text/tab-separated-values

Full Name

Tab-Separated Values

Developed

Various

Typical Uses

  • Data with commas
  • Scientific data
  • Bioinformatics
  • Database exports

Programs That Open .TSV Files

Microsoft Excel

Cross-platform

Google Sheets

Web

Any text editor

Cross-platform

How Moniker Renames .TSV Files

Moniker reads TSV headers and data to understand the dataset's purpose, generating descriptive names that make data files easy to identify.

Example Transformation

Before

data_dump.tsv

After

gene-expression-analysis.tsv

Related File Types

.CSV

CSV File

.XLSX

Excel Spreadsheet

.TXT

Text File

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