1. to publish or broadcast a story in separate parts over a period of time
2. to convert data into a format that can be stored or transmitted and later reconstructed
Usage: computing

Examples

• The magazine will serialize the novel over twelve monthly issues.
• Charles Dickens often serialized his novels in periodicals.
• The popular drama was serialized on television every Sunday night.
• The software needs to serialize the data before sending it over the network.
• You must serialize the object to save it to the database.
• The program can serialize complex data structures into JSON format.