serialize

Alternative forms

serialise (UK)

Etymology

From serial +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹiəlaɪz/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹiəlaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: se‧ri‧al‧ize

Verb

serialize (third-person singular simple present serializes, present participle serializing, simple past and past participle serialized) (transitive)

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

Synonyms

marshal

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “computing”): deserialize

Related terms

Translations

write entertainment as a sequence of shorter works

Chinese:
Mandarin: 連載 / 连载 (zh) (liánzǎi)
Spanish: serializar (es), seriar (es)

convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back

Catalan: serialitzar
Chinese:
Mandarin: 序列化 (xùlièhuà)
Finnish: sarjallistaa
French: sérialiser (fr)
German: serialisieren (de)
Spanish: serializar (es), seriar (es)

Anagrams

Israelize