serialization

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noun

The process or action of converting something in a serial or into serial form.

Similar
deflatingmarshallingserialisation
Opposite
deserialization
OriginEnglish serialize →
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Meanings

nounserialization (plural serializations)

plural serializations · alternative serialisation

  1. The process or action of converting something in a serial or into serial form.
  2. computingThe process of serializing.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
deflatingmarshalling
Opposite
deserialization

nounpublication in serial form

Similar
serialisation
Broader
publicationpublishing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishserial
  2. Englishserialize
  3. Englishserialization

From serialize + -ation.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 序列化
  • 序列化 (xùlièhuà)Translations
French sérialisation
  • sérialisationTranslations
Spanish seriación, serialización
  • seriaciónTranslations
  • serializaciónTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Israelization
Cite this entry
APA

serialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serialization

MLA

“serialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serialization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serialization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serialization.

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