marshaling

Putting in order

Marshaling is organizing and arranging resources, people, or information for effective use.

A general marshals troops before battle; a lawyer marshals evidence for trial; a host marshals guests into the dining room.

In computing, marshaling converts data structures into a format suitable for transmission or storage.

The spelling marshalling is equally common.

She spent the morning marshaling her arguments for the board meeting.

computing

serialization

Encoding objects for transmission

interprocess · protocol · buffer · payload · API · persistence · transformation · transmission · parameters · arguments

military

troops

Military personnel collectively

regiment · brigade · squadron · platoon · maneuver · command · parade · drill · staging · tactical

organizing

arranging

Systematically positioning elements

systematizing · ordering · structuring · aligning · sorting · categorizing · scheduling · planning · allocating · directing

heraldry

escutcheon

Shield bearing heraldry

armorial · achievement · precedence · tincture · ordinaries · charges · supporters · crest · shield · bearing

gathering

assembling

Fitting parts together

amassing · collecting · congregating · corralling · summoning · mobilizing · roundup · grouping · consolidating · clustering

legal

evidence

Facts supporting truth

assembling · documentation · facts · testimony · briefing · preparation · submission · exhibits · discovery · proceedings

Categories
Opposites
organization and arrangement

marshalingscattering

Distribution in many directions

dispersing · disorganizing · disordering · disarranging · scrambling

mobilization and deployment

marshalingdemobilizing

Releasing military forces

disbanding · dispersing · standing down · withdrawing · retreating

control and direction

marshalingreleasing

Allowing to escape

relinquishing · abandoning · neglecting · ignoring · freeing

Family

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