• The process of translating data structures or object state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a file or memory buffer) or transmitted (for example, across a network connection link) and reconstructed later (possibly in a different computer environment). When the resulting series of bits is re-read according to the serialization format, it can be used to create a semantically identical clone of the original object. This process of serializing an object is in some situations also called “marshalling” an object. ← Wikipedia

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