Serialization is the process of converting an object into a stream of bytes to store the object or transmit it to memory, a database, or a file. Its main purpose is to save the state of an object in order to be able to recreate it when needed. The reverse process is called deserialization.

What do you mean by data serialization in C?

Serialization is the process of converting some in-memory object to another format that could be used to either store in a file or sent over the network. Deserialization is the inverse process meaning the actual object instance is restored from the given serialized representation of the object.

What is meant by deserialization?

Deserialization is the opposing process which takes data from a file, stream or network and rebuilds it into an object. Serialized objects can be structured in text such as JSON, XML or YAML. Serialization and deserialization are safe, common processes in web applications.