serialization

Process of translating data structures or object state into a format that can be stored and reconstructed later in the same or another computer environment

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Also known as materialization · serialisation · materialisation · serializing · serialize · data serialization

Subclass of: data processing
, encoding
Part of: marshalling

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In computing, serialization is the process of translating a data structure or object state into a format that can be stored or transmitted and reconstructed later. When the resulting series of bits is reread according to the serialization format, it can be used to create a semantically identical clone of the original object. For many complex objects, such as those that make extensive use of references, this process is not straightforward. Serialization of objects does not include any of their associated methods with which they were previously linked.

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Said to be the same as: marshalling
Has use: persistence
computer network protocol
inter-process communication
Opposite of: deserialization
Uses: object
data serialization format nature of statement: often
Product or material produced: byte stream file format: data serialization format

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