serialise

/ˈsɪriəlaɪz/
verb
  1. To publish a story or work in separate parts at regular intervals.
    • The studio plans to serialise the animated series in weekly episodes.
    • Many authors choose to serialise their books online to build an audience chapter by chapter.
    • The newspaper decided to serialise the new mystery novel over the summer.
  2. In computing, to convert data into a format that can be stored or transmitted and later reconstructed.
    • The program can serialise user settings into a configuration file.
    • The developer wrote a function to serialise the game state for saving.
    • You need to serialise the object before sending it over the network.
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