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  • noun software The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another.
  • verb UK Present participle of marshal.

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Examples

  • But he did demonstrate real political acumen in marshalling the argument that had no rebuttal and that carried the day.

    My Canada - Today and Tomorrow 2005

  • Leadership is critical in marshalling and mobilizing existing support for racial fairness.

    New Century Politics 2000

  • Joscelyn inspected them like a captain marshalling his men, and when each was armed with an apple she said:

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

  • Joscelyn inspected them like a captain marshalling his men, and when each was armed with an apple she said –

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • When there’s something that we really want, there’s never any difficulty in marshalling the requisite drive force to go with it.

    Let’s Get Practical « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • This is called marshalling the ranks where there are no ranks; baring the arms (to fight) where there are no arms to bare; grasping the weapon where there is no weapon to grasp; advancing against the enemy where there is no enemy.

    The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics Laozi 1856

  • This is called marshalling the ranks where there are no ranks; baring the arms (to fight) where there are no arms to bare; grasping the weapon where there is no weapon to grasp; advancing against the enemy where there is no enemy.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Users can control what is private and public with different settings, he says, but added that maybe people don't know enough about "marshalling" their accounts.

    News from Journalism.co.uk 2010

  • Whether he’s right or wrong, this is the kind of marshalling of evidence one would want to see — I’m hoping he does in fact get around to it in the later volumes.

    What the Foucault? 2005

  • So it remains to demonstrate the existence of the class struggle by a marshalling of the facts.

    THE CLASS STRUGGLE 2010

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  • In heraldry, the arrangement of various coats-of-arms on one shield to depict the several matches and alliances of a family. Latin cumulatio armorum.

    December 11, 2012