What is JSON?
The format the web runs on. Nested objects and arrays, real types, and a syntax small enough to fit on a postcard. It maps badly onto a grid, which is why converting deeply nested JSON to a spreadsheet always involves losing something.
What is NDJSON?
One JSON object per line, with no wrapping array. That small change is the whole point: a program can read a record at a time instead of parsing gigabytes into memory first, which is why log pipelines, bulk importers and search indexes all speak it.