verb

serialize

to serialize, to serialise

You need to serialize the data before sending it.

You need to serialise the data before sending it.

The author will serialize her new novel for a magazine.

The author will serialise her new novel for a magazine.

((sth.)) to serialize (sth.) You need to serialize the data.

Synonyms: convert, encode (for data); publish in installments (for a story)

From the noun 'series' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ize', meaning 'to make into'.

Remember it as 'to make into a series'. For data, it means arranging it in a sequence. For a story, it means publishing it in a sequence of parts.

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