serialize

/ˈsɪriəlaɪz/
verb
  1. To publish or present something in a series of parts, such as a story in a magazine or a show in episodes.
    • They plan to serialize the documentary as a five-part series.
    • The author chose to serialize her work online to build an audience.
    • The newspaper decided to serialize the mystery novel over six weeks.
  2. In computing, to convert data into a format that can be easily stored or transmitted and later reconstructed.
    • The program can serialize the user's settings into a configuration file.
    • The developer wrote a function to serialize the data into JSON.
    • You need to serialize the object before sending it over the network.
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