# What is serial?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851 "2021-03-25T21:41:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Rogo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/rogo/32/12349_2.png) [@Rogo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rogo)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/1 "2021-03-25T21:41:34Z")

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what is serial and what can you use it for? I have to be able to save a hiScore on a server, for example

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/2 "2021-03-25T21:57:38Z")

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##### [Serial](https://www.processing.org/reference/libraries/serial/index.html)

Send data between Processing and external hardware through serial communication (RS-232).

Not what you need

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**Author:** ![Rogo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/rogo/32/12349_2.png) [@Rogo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rogo)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/3 "2021-03-25T21:59:01Z")

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and how can I say save that I can look at on the PC / leptop?

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**Author:** ![akenaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@akenaton](https://discourse.processing.org/u/akenaton)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/4 "2021-03-26T18:26:25Z")

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@Rogo=== what is your server and where is it (LAN or web)

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**Author:** ![micuat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/micuat/32/19407_2.png) [@micuat](https://discourse.processing.org/u/micuat)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/5 "2021-03-26T19:56:17Z")

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Can it be _serializer_ of a data structure?

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**Author:** ![Rogo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/rogo/32/12349_2.png) [@Rogo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rogo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/6 "2021-03-26T21:29:48Z")

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@akenaton == I would like to store data on the web or on a computer

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/7 "2021-03-27T15:27:49Z")

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Hello,

Some tutorials here that may be of interest:  
_[Tutorials \ Processing.org](https://processing.org/tutorials/)_

`:)`

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**Author:** ![Rogo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/rogo/32/12349_2.png) [@Rogo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rogo)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-serial/28851/8 "2021-03-27T18:13:19Z")

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Nice thank you so much