--- date: 20201126 id: aca7d3f1-9107-4122-88cc-2ef05d9ec396 title: serialization --- # Origin English series "in order" # Defintion The process of taking data from one format and converting it to a more generic form that can be used by other programs. # Example ``` javascript const data = { hello: 'world' } JSON.stringify(data) ``` ``` python import json dataFromJS = "{hello: 'world'}" # parse x = json.loads(dataFromJS) ```