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🔢 To put in order 💾 To convert for storage
to serialize

to serialize

1 6.3
To change an object into a form that can be saved or sent and later put back
  • verb
  • /ˈsɪəriˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : serializar
  • When the program serializes the object, it converts it into a byte stream for storage.
  • serialized state

Examples

  • To analyze the core file, we use a tool that reads core using JSON.parse() and presents the serialized state for engineers to examine.

    Academic text (2011)

  • This implementation is robust to most runtime failures, but it still requires additional memory first to execute the dump code and to serialize the program state.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The next challenge is serializing circular objects.

    Academic text (2011)

  • JSON.stringify() does not support this for obvious reasons, so our implementation avoids this issue by pruning all circular references before serializing the debug object.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Upon serializing the MARC 21 record in an ISO 2709 string, the record is stored in the database and its contents are indexed using the Apache Lucene information retrieval library.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The application serializes user data into JSON format for easy transmission.

  • This method allows us to serialize complex data structures efficiently for network communication.

Synonyms

to encode
vsto serialize
  • Specialized
52 4.9

To change information into a special code a computer can read or to keep it secret

produces a standard portable representation designed for storage and later reconstruction

How Encoded

to export
  • Specialized
14 4.3
to serialize
  • Specialized
1 6.3
to encode
  • Specialized
52 4.9
to marshal
20 4.6
to represent
126 2.6

Surface Forms

serialize infinitive
serialized past
serialized past participle
serializing present participle
serializes third person singular

Morphology

serialize = serial (semi-transparent) = serial + ize

The technical computing sense ('convert an object into a byte/stream sequence') follows the general 'make into a series' pattern but is specialized and may not be obvious to learners without technical knowledge.

Etymology

The word serialize in computing uses the same root series and means to turn a data object into 'a series of bytes or text' so it can be stored or sent and later rebuilt.