What does Marshalling mean?

Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marshaledor Marshalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Marshaling or Marshalling.]

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1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. [1913 Webster]

And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To direct, guide, or lead. [1913 Webster]

Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement. [1913 Webster]

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marshalling

(US -ll- or -l-) The process of packing one or more items of data into a message buffer, prior to transmitting that message buffer over a communication channel. The packing process not only collects together values which may be stored in non-consecutive memory locations but also converts data of different types into a standard representation agreed with the recipient of the message.

(2000-06-09)

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