serializableadj.
/ˈsɪərɪəlʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˌsɪriəˈlaɪzəbəl/ 1. Suitable for publishing or broadcasting in serial form.
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society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > published in serial form > suitable for publishing in serial
serializable1904
society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > suitable for broadcasting in serial form
serializable1989
1904 H. James Let. 8 Jan. in M. Anesko Lett., Fictions & Lives (1997) 397 I shall have much pleasure in talking with him here of the question of something serialisable in the North American.
1942 W. Irwin Making of Reporter i. 21 The manuscript was not ‘serializable’, but it had a sense of authenticity unique in fiction about China.
1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xxxi. 456 It is, roughly speaking, a panoramic novel of London..and I should think would be serialisable.
2010 Gawker (Nexis) 14 Nov. Frey basically scoops up young writers..and works with them to create a highly commercial, serializable, film adaptable..piece of young adult fiction.
2. Computing. Of a set of operations: having an identical effect when executed concurrently as when executed sequentially.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > belonging to a series > forming a series > able to be
serializable1978
1978 IEEE Trans. Software Engin. 4 156/1 The total set of concurrent transactions is serializable.
1988 Communications ACM 31 303/1 Actions..are serializable: the effect of running a group of actions is the same as if they were run sequentially in some order.
2009 C. Ray Distributed Database Syst. vii. 211 A non-serial schedule (or execution) is serializable if it is computationally equivalent to a serial schedule.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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