Dictionary

serialize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪɹiəlaɪz/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪəɹiəlaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Antonyms

deserialize (antonym(s) of “computing”)

Deriveds

serializability · unserialize · reserialize · serializer · serializable

Relateds

serialization · serial

Synonyms

marshal

Translations (10)

es seriar (write entertainment as a sequence of shorter works) · ca serialitzar (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back) · fi sarjallistaa (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back) · cmn 連載 /连载 (write entertainment as a sequence of shorter works) · es serializar (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back) · cmn 序列化 (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back) · es serializar (write entertainment as a sequence of shorter works) · es seriar (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back) · de serialisieren (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back) · fr sérialiser (convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back)