serialize

To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as a sequence of shorter works with a common story.

Verb

  1. To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as a sequence of shorter works with a common story.
  2. To publish (a book, play, etc.) in regular instalments, e.g. in a magazine.
  3. To convert an object into a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.

Origin

Etymology tree English serial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English serialize From serial + -ize.

Forms

serializes serializing serialized serialise

Synonyms

marshal

Antonyms

deserialize

Related

serial serialization

Derived

reserialize serializability serializable serializer unserialize