What is object marshalling?

Question

I have heard this concept used frequently, but I don\'t have a really good grasp of what it is.

Answer 1

I beg to differ, Wikipedia is pretty clear on this.

In computer science, marshalling (similar to serialization) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission. It is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program or from one program to another.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalling_(computer_science)