marshalling

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marshalling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              And marshaling the heroes of his name
              As, in their order, next to light they came.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To direct, guide, or lead.
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              Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak.
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     3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different
        quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when
        several belong to an achievement.
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marshalling - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  marshalling
  
     <communications> (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)