tab-separated values

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

tab-separated values
TSV

   <file format> (TSV) A file format used as a portable
   representation of a {database}.  Each line represents one
   entry or {record}; and in every line, each field is separated
   from the next by a tab character ({HT}).

   Compare {CSV}.

   (2001-03-16)