<s>
Tab-separated	B-Protocol
values	I-Protocol
(	O
TSV	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
,	O
text-based	B-General_Concept
file	O
format	O
for	O
storing	O
tabular	B-Application
data	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TSV	B-Protocol
format	O
is	O
thus	O
a	O
delimiter-separated	B-Protocol
values	I-Protocol
format	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
comma-separated	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSV	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
simple	O
file	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
widely	O
supported	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
data	B-General_Concept
exchange	I-General_Concept
to	O
move	O
tabular	B-Application
data	I-Application
between	O
different	O
computer	O
programs	O
that	O
support	O
the	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
TSV	B-Protocol
file	O
might	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
transfer	O
information	O
from	O
a	O
database	O
to	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
Iris	B-Language
flower	I-Language
data	I-Language
set	I-Language
can	O
be	O
stored	O
as	O
a	O
TSV	B-Protocol
using	O
the	O
following	O
plain	O
text	O
(	O
note	O
that	O
the	O
HTML	O
rendering	O
may	O
convert	O
tabs	O
to	O
spaces	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TSV	B-Protocol
plain	O
text	O
above	O
corresponds	O
to	O
the	O
following	O
tabular	B-Application
data	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IANA	O
media	B-Application
type	I-Application
standard	O
for	O
TSV	B-Protocol
achieves	O
simplicity	O
by	O
simply	O
disallowing	O
tabs	O
within	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
values	O
in	O
the	O
TSV	B-Protocol
format	O
cannot	O
contain	O
literal	O
tabs	O
or	O
newline	O
characters	O
,	O
a	O
convention	O
is	O
necessary	O
for	O
lossless	O
conversion	O
of	O
text	O
values	O
with	O
these	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
expect	O
a	O
carriage	O
return	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
newline	O
.	O
</s>
